Philosopher of Cognition: Prediction, Wellbeing & Technology. Research Fellow at Monash University’s Centre for Consciousness and Contemplative Studies.
Joined January 2021
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3 Mar 2022
I am co-hosting a brand new weekly podcast - The Contemplative Science Podcast - exploring the exciting new frontiers between science and meditation. The show is part of the new, and amazing @Monash_M3CS. Our website: thecontemplativescientists.c…, and Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/4beJ6Y…
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New on @DrJohnVervaeke Lectern series: Generations of Joy - the first course on #predictiveprocessing happiness. Covering the new science of emotion & mood, depression & meaning, meditation & enlightenment, flow & play, wisdom & flourishing. Check it out lectern.johnvervaeke.com
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Feb 23
Excellent new #neurodharma publication!
Learning to attenuate myself: a predictive processing account of body-scan meditation and the dissolution of bodily boundaries
academic.oup.com/nc/article/…
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26 Aug 2025
In Toronto? Wanna learn why we enjoy being terrified? And why seeking out fear—an emotion designed to make us run the other way—and why it might be good for our mental health? Come hear my lecture at the Viaduct Fall 2025 Lecture Series. Tickets here: lu.ma/0gwa5l52
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5 Jun 2025
Had an amazing chat with Lama John Makransky on the incredible depth and power of compassion training! Check out the newest episode of The Contemplative Science podcast here: creators.spotify.com/pod/sho…
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30 Oct 2024
Loved chatting with @PredictiveLife about The Dawn of Mind on The Contemplative Science podcast recently podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
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27 Oct 2024
Relatedly, a favorite moment from my podcast convo with @PredictiveLife
27 Oct 2024
I guess my question is how good can we make resisting entropy feel?
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15 Oct 2024
I hosted @voxdotcom's philosophy podcast, on how predictive minds benefit from varieties of chaos w/ @PredictiveLife.
Meditation, psychedelics, art, horror movies — each nears the "edge of informational chaos," & optimizes life's resistance to entropy:
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1 Oct 2024
After which this hum can be recognised at will.
Full paper: osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/c7…
Kudos: @JonasHMago, @PredictiveLife, @shamilch
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1 Oct 2024
New PREPRINT!
Pure awareness, entropy, and the foundation of perception. Our computational take on minimal states of consciousness. Check it out here: osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/c7…
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3 Sep 2024
Short film release for pain awareness month.
A conversation between andy with lived experience of chronic pain and richmond, the pain coach.
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#thepaincoach #chronicpain
@MICardiff @dibbygibby @mikepegg1 @keith_meldrum @PeteOSullivanPT @Jerry_DurhamPT
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19 Jul 2024
🔥NEW SPECIAL ISSUE🔥
Special Issue in @NeuroConsc: Experiencing Well-Being
A collection of the best Active Inference researchers exploring what flourishing looks like for predictive-systems like us!
Edited by @JulianKiverste1, @ineshipolito and myself
academic.oup.com/nc/pages/ex…
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29 Aug 2024
It took another month, but the collection is now complete and properly posted through that link! Check it out!
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19 Aug 2024
In this episode of The Contemplative Science Podcast, the wonderful philosopher of cognition Mark Miller (@PredictiveLife) and I discuss Jewish spirituality. We talk about "child mind" in Hasidism, dynamics btw psychedelics and tradition, and much more. youtube.com/watch?v=4I4_1Kbc…
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27 Jul 2024
Loved this conversation with @PredictiveLife and @jamie_slevin
Exploring modern thinking about pain.
youtu.be/nEa3UHb0Gos?si=qF-5…
#thepaincoach #ChronicPain
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19 Jul 2024
Looking for optimistic research on the positive impact #AI can have on our lives? We’ve got some!
New collaborative work with Ben White (@Midnite_biscuit) - Ambient Smart Environments: Affordances, Allostasis, and Wellbeing? - just dropped in Synthese!
link.springer.com/article/10…
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16 Jul 2024
Newest episode of The Contemplative Science Podcast has André van der Braak discussing Ayahuasca as Liquid Divinity! Check it out here: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/s…
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12 Jul 2024
New favorite term: "belief hygiene"
Courtesy of Mark Miller. @PredictiveLife
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10 Jul 2024
Cognitive scientist, Mark Miller @PredictiveLife , breaks it down for those who, if they were being honest, would put their hands up when asked if they think percpetion goes from outside in.
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3 Jul 2024
Chatting about the mental health benefits of watching scary movies and thinking about dying on the Rocky Talky Podcast with the always AMAZING @DavidRicottone:
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#psychologicalhorror #deathmeditation #MentalHealth
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1 Jul 2024
How we can navigate and thrive in an increasingly AI-driven world?
We get into it on the newest episode of Contemplative Science Podcast - Surviving Tomorrow: AI and the Human Spirit w/ @vervaeke_john & Shawn Coyne.
Check it out here: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/s…
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