Predictive Processing in the Brain: A Bayesian Simulation Engine?

We dive into predictive processing—the idea that the brain continuously generates a model of the world and updates it via prediction errors. The episode examines fMRI evidence, how this framework unifies perception with action, and its philosophical implications for our understanding of reality and consciousness. It also considers what this internal simulation says—if anything—about whether our universe itself might be a larger simulation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices