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Essays on priors

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Sep 10, 2019SSC

SSC Journal Club: Relaxed Beliefs Under Psychedelics And The Anarchic Brain

Scott reviews a paper proposing that psychedelics work by relaxing priors in the brain, potentially treating mental illness but also risking side effects.

18 min read 2,690 words

Aug 13, 2012LW

Bayes for Schizophrenics: Reasoning in Delusional Disorders

Scott examines neurological theories explaining delusions like Capgras syndrome through Bayesian reasoning, arguing that damage to the right prefrontal cortex causes patients to ignore priors and base their beliefs solely on explanatory adequacy.

22 min read 3,339 words

anosognosia Bayesian reasoning delusions