The Experience Machine: How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality

I enjoyed it! A lot of what the book was describing were things I mused about before, and I’m glad to read someone more competent on the subject talk about it with such passion and conviction. It is interesting how the predictive model of our brains brings new perspectives on multiple scenarios. However, I’m bumping this book from a 5 down to a 4 because I didn’t read past chapter 8 which is 61% of the book (everything else after were details) so I can’t speak about the arguments made in the book in depth. And honestly, since I’m already aligned with the author’s POV before opening this book, I don’t think I can form any good, coherent thought that is reasonable and logical. I stopped at chapter 8 because it was the end of the “narrative” part of the book and I felt seeing the evidence wouldn’t really value add to me. It’s just looking at a mirror which is kinda boring.Is the author repetitive (as some reviews said)? I was agreeing the whole way through so I don’t know. The author just didn’t say anything out of pocket. Is the author able to lay good grounds of the predictive brain theory? I mean, it’s just me nodding along. I didn’t really think much about it. Will you be convinced after reading this book? I was convinced before reading it.I guess my prediction that I will like this book might have altered what I deem as “truth” a little, so the lower rating is to counter this.