Why Nostr? What is Njump?
2023-09-16 18:01:03
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Nicole Rust on Nostr: npub1qe8g6…04vky Really appreciated! Especially given that this paper is not an ...



Really appreciated! Especially given that this paper is not an easy read. The breakdown and the description of its relationship to p-factor (including the inclusion of a psyarxiv paper posted just yesterday by ++) is all really interesting and exceedingly helpful!

For anyone wanting more before the click:

The heart of the paper is the notion of “canalization.” The basic idea can be stated quite simply: it refers to how features of the mind, brain, or behavior become less able to change in a non-specific way.

Canalization serves here as a “powerful bridging construct” that connects many different ideas:
Entrenchment of a psychological phenotype
Dynamical attractors in dynamical systems
Minimization of variational “free energy” (i.e., a quantitative, statistical score of surprise or uncertainty)
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