[xoac]

The fact that a theory exists does not mean that it is not garbage

[estearum]

So surely you can demonstrate how the brain is doing much different than this, and go ahead to collect your Nobel?

[sfn42]

It is not our job to disprove your claim. It is your job to prove it.

And then you can go collect your Nobel.

[ubersketch]

Predictive processing is absolutely not garbage. The dish of neurons that was trained to play Pong was trained using a method that was directly based on the principles of predictive processing. Also I don't think there's really any competitor for the niche predictive processing is filling, and for closing the gap between neuroscience and psychology.