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Why is it important? “Statistical fit” is what you want…not understanding this is indicative of a limited understanding of what statistics is. What do you think it means to truly understand something? I don’t get it: read probability theory by Jaynes. It doesn’t really matter if the brain does Bayesian updates but that’s what’s optimal…


"Statistical fit" to environment is arguably what all life does.




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