Philosopher of Cognition: Prediction, Wellbeing & Technology. Research Fellow at Monash University’s Centre for Consciousness and Contemplative Studies.
Melbourne, Victoria
Joined January 2021
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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…
New preprint on the science of dark retreat.
What happens to consciousness when ordinary sensory anchors fall away? We bring neuroscience, phenomenology, Tibetan contemplative practice & active inference together.
With @AndrewHolecek:
osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/q7…
Could dark retreat help explain NDEs? Our AIF account treats life review not as memory replay, but deep self-model revision as sensory evidence and action fall away.
@AndrewHolecek @ianagardner @RubenLaukkonen @lars_sandved @shamilch @zhukeepa @tbd_foundation #DarkRetreat
What happens when you stop carrying the most persuasive device ever built everywhere you go?
I joined @GoalGuys to talk about attention, well-being, and how our phones are shaping the way we experience the world.
youtube.com/watch?v=SNInrq3N…
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
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/…
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
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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Loved chatting with @PredictiveLife about The Dawn of Mind on The Contemplative Science podcast recently podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
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Relatedly, a favorite moment from my podcast convo with @PredictiveLife
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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:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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After which this hum can be recognised at will.
Full paper: osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/c7…
Kudos: @JonasHMago, @PredictiveLife, @shamilch
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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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Short film release for pain awareness month.
A conversation between andy with lived experience of chronic pain and richmond, the pain coach.
richmondstace.com/short-film…
#thepaincoach #chronicpain
@MICardiff @dibbygibby @mikepegg1 @keith_meldrum @PeteOSullivanPT @Jerry_DurhamPT
🔥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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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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Loved this conversation with @PredictiveLife and @jamie_slevin
Exploring modern thinking about pain.
youtu.be/nEa3UHb0Gos?si=qF-5…
#thepaincoach #ChronicPain
@PeteOSullivanPT
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…
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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New favorite term: "belief hygiene"
Courtesy of Mark Miller. @PredictiveLife
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