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August 5, 2026
Against my better judgment in some sense, but because of pure curiosity as to what others will think, I am posting a chat with Gemini here, as a blog article. This is another in the series of articles on how Active Inference, and Karl Friston’s Free Energy Principle can frame theoretical concepts found in meditation,… Continue reading And now for something completely different.
August 1, 2026
The integration of modern cognitive science with classical East Asian medicine has reached a fascinating threshold. A recent paper published in MDPI’s Brain Sciences presents a pioneer attempt to frame the therapeutic mechanisms of acupuncture through the lenses of Predictive Processing (PP) and Active Inference under Karl Friston’s Free Energy Principle (FEP) [1]. At the… Continue reading Active Inference, De Qi, and the Neurobiology of Acupuncture: A Critical Response
July 29, 2026
Please check out my new substack feed, subscribe and share if you would…. Here is a post on Substack that features a few paragraphs from the introduction of my upcoming book Neurophilosophy, Qi, and the Science of Consciousness. Substack Article
July 27, 2026
Inflammation is one of the most fundamental defensive mechanisms in human biology. Long before modern immunology identified the cytokines and cellular cascades that govern immune responses, classical observers recognized its outward physical manifestations. In the first century AD, Roman physician Aulus Cornelius Celsus codified the cardinal signs of acute inflammation: Rubor (redness), Calor (heat), Dolor… Continue reading Inflammation: From Classical Signs to Modern Neuro-Immunology
July 21, 2026
Low back pain is arguably the most ubiquitous biomechanical failure of the modern human form. Whether it manifests as acute lumbago following a sudden postural error, the radiating neuropathy of sciatica, or the chronic, insidious ache of structural degeneration, spinal pathology severely limits our functional degrees of freedom. Patients arriving at our Nyon clinic frequently… Continue reading Treating Low Back Pain Through Acupuncture