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I'll try to attract a scholar's attention again about something I wanna talk about. @pelagictom.bsky.social How supportable are the claims that: -to sense and react to environments, humans (sometimes unconsciously) predict, prepare for and actively search for relevant parts of environments...

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-organisms (and maybe also parts of them, like brains) model environments instead of being affected by them, as if passively reacting? I don't think that organisms or evolutionary processes literally anticipate anything, but is it precisely true or otherwise useful to say they actually do?

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8 Sept 2025

Since the microblogging part of this website isn't designed for long and potentially nuanced discussions I'd prefer to talk about this over direct messages, some instant messaging app or even emails. I got nowhere with a tangle of related philosophy and biology issues and I want some help.