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Avidya is the enforcement of non-contextuality on a boundary whose structure is inherently context-dependent

Sharpens the formalisation of avidya by mapping it onto the quantum contextuality framework

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There is no self-evidence: A physics of emptiness realisation

(2026) · Lars Sandved-Smith · Chris Fields · Thomas Doctor · Ruben Laukkonen +1

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The separation prior sigma is a self-reinforcing prior that gains precision simply by being used, decoupled from whether its use remains optimal
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Explains developmental entrenchment of the separation prior via habit dynamics in active inference

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