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Information geometry, category theory, harmonics

Ten Testable Predictions from the Free Energy Principle

Ten Testable Predictions from the Free Energy Principle

From 808s to Therapy Rooms to Viral Memes Ryan Collison Independent Researcher, ideasthesia.org ryan@ideasthesia.org ORCID: 0009-0001-7152-2127 Keywords: free energy principle, active inference, predictive processing, entrainment, precision weighting, physiological synchrony, cultural evolution Abstract The Free Energy Principle (FEP) promises a unified account of self-organisation, yet direct empirical tests

The Hydrogen Anchor Revisited: From Atoms to Coherence in One Geometric Principle

The Hydrogen Anchor Revisited: From Atoms to Coherence in One Geometric Principle

We started with hydrogen—the simplest coherent structure in the universe. We end there too. The same geometric principle runs from atoms to minds to meaning. Here's how it holds together.

Why This Isn't Metaphor: The Mathematical Architecture Beneath Meaning

Why This Isn't Metaphor: The Mathematical Architecture Beneath Meaning

We've spent nineteen articles talking about manifolds, curvature, topology, and functors. Is this just elaborate poetry? Or does mind really have mathematical structure? Here's the case that it's real.

Counterfactuals and Possibility Space: The Geometry of "What Could Happen"

Counterfactuals and Possibility Space: The Geometry of "What Could Happen"

Your life isn't just what happens—it's what could happen. The structure of possibility shapes meaning as much as the structure of actuality. And possibility has geometry.

You Are a Constructor: The Task Your Nervous System Performs

You Are a Constructor: The Task Your Nervous System Performs

Your nervous system isn't just a thing that exists. It's a thing that does something—continually performing the task of maintaining you. Understanding what that task is changes how you understand yourself.

Constructor Theory: Reframing Everything as "What Transformations Are Possible?"

Constructor Theory: Reframing Everything as "What Transformations Are Possible?"

Instead of asking what happens, ask what can happen. Instead of describing trajectories, describe what transformations are possible—and which are impossible. This shift changes everything.

What Physics Can't Tell Psychology (And What It Can)

What Physics Can't Tell Psychology (And What It Can)

The tools we've been using come from physics. But minds aren't atoms. Understanding where the analogy holds—and where it shatters—is essential to using geometry honestly.