Tanha likely arises from one crisp, isolatable mechanism.

Author's assertion that tanha has a single, elegant neural substrate rather than many diffuse causes.

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Johnson Vasocomputation 2023

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Tanha as neural compression mechanism
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Maps Buddhist tanha onto vasomotion and active inference via AI-generated Xeno Sutras
Tanha as neural compression artifact
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Buddhist phenomenology of craving mapped to vasomotor dynamics and active inference dysregulation, seeking isolatable neural mechanisms.
Tanha as neural mechanism
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Buddhist craving (tanha) reframed as a specific, isolatable computational or physiological brain process.

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Principles of Vasocomputation: A Unification of Buddhist Phenomenology, Active Inference, and Physical Reflex (Part I)
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Blog post/research essay that introduces the Vasocomputation framework, linking Buddhist tanha with vascular smooth muscle cell function, active inference, and physical reflexes.

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Reframing tanha as a side effect of the drive to compress complexity.
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Equation of tanha with maladaptive uncertainty processing.
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Load-bearing statement asserting that sensitivity to the whole is the essential requirement for generating novel living structure.
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Core hypothesis linking tanha to active inference failures.