[stevenhuang]

> It makes me wonder if humans are just next moment prediction machines, with just a little bit more memory built in.

Yup, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predictive_coding

[quickestpoint]

Umm, that’s a theory.

[mind-blight]

So are gravity and friction. I don't know how well tested or accepted it is, but being just a theory doesn't tell you much about how true it is without more info