Karl Friston: Neuroscience and the Free Energy Principle | Lex Fridman Podcast #99

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Released

May 28, 2020

Duration

1h 29m

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Lex Fridman Podcast

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Karl Friston is one of the greatest neuroscientists in history, cited over 245,000 times, known for many influential ideas in brain imaging, neuroscience, and theoretical neurobiology, including the fascinating idea of the free-energy principle for action and perception. Support this podcast by signing up with these sponsors:

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EPISODE LINKS: Karl's Website: https://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/~karl/ Karl's Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_J._Friston PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 1:50 - How much of the human brain do we understand? 5:53 - Most beautiful characteristic of the human brain 10:43 - Brain imaging 20:38 - Deep structure 21:23 - History of brain imaging 32:31 - Neuralink and brain-computer interfaces 43:05 - Free energy principle 1:24:29 - Meaning of life CONNECT:

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🎤 SPEAKERS

• Lex Fridman

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• Karl Friston

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🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, featuring Lex Fridman and Karl Friston, Karl Friston: Neuroscience and the Free Energy Principle | Lex Fridman Podcast #99 explores karl Friston Explains How Brains Exist By Minimizing Free Energy Lex Fridman interviews neuroscientist Karl Friston about what we understand of the human brain, from microscopic connectivity to large‑scale function and psychiatric phenomena. Friston explains why structure and hierarchy in the brain matter, how modern neuroimaging reveals both functional specialization (blobs) and integration (connectivity), and why we’ve moved beyond the “magic soup” view of the brain.

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