On day 3 of #ScienceAdvent we would like to talk about scientific concepts we don't understand. No one gets it all, so we think it's important to acknowledge that.

For us, one of the biggest mysteries in neuroscience remains the free energy principle. Despite numerous attempts to read the scientific literature on the topic, as well as to listen to Karl Friston's talks, it seems that our brains refuse to minimize their uncertainty with respect to this.

What's something that you still don't really grasp in your field?

Link to post if you want to read more about this: https://neurofrontiers.blog/the-free-energy-mystery/

#neuroscience #science #FreeEnergy #KarlFriston #mystery #MysteriesOfScience

@amydentata
that's always been my reaction -- have these people never heard of the concept of "hybrid vigor" in biology??

...yeah, probly not.

#mysteriesOfScience