π₯ Read this must-read post from Hacker News π π Category: π‘ Key idea: A unification of Buddhist phenomenology, active inference, and physical reflexes; a practical theory of suffering, tension, and liberation; the core mechanism for medium-term memory and Bayesian updating; a clinically useful dimension of variation and dysfunction; a description of sensory type safety; a celebration of biological life. Michael Edward Johnson, Symmetry Institute, July 12, 2023. I. What is tanha? By default, the brain tries to grasp and hold onto pleasant sensations and push away unpleasant ones. The Buddha called these βmicro-motionsβ of greed and aversion taαΉhΔ, and…
