Active Inference · Paper · 2023

Distributed Science — The Scientific Process as Multi-Scale Active Inference

Francesco Balzan, John Campbell, Karl Friston, Maxwell James Ramstead, Daniel Friedman, Axel Constant

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The scientific process plays out in a multi-scale system comprising subsystems, each with their own dynamics. We formalize the scientific process as multi-scale Active Inference, where individual researchers, laboratories, institutions, and the global scientific community each minimize free energy at their respective scales. This framework accounts for hypothesis generation, experimental design...

distributed sciencemulti-scale Active Inferencescientific processFree Energy Principlemeta-sciencecollective intelligencecultural evolutiondistributed cognition

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  • The scientific process plays out in a multi-scale system comprising subsystems, each with their own dynamics..
  • We formalize the scientific process as multi-scale Active Inference, where individual rese....
Methods / Techniques
  • Free energy minimization
  • Bayesian modeling and inference

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Friedman, Daniel Ari. 2023. Distributed Science — The Scientific Process as Multi-Scale Active Inference. OSF. DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/dnw5k. URL: https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/dnw5k.

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