Mark Miller

Philosopher of Cognition: Prediction, Wellbeing & Technology. Research Fellow at Monash University’s Centre for Consciousness and Contemplative Studies.

[Mark Miller @PredictiveLife]

I am co-hosting a brand new weekly podcast - The Contemplative Science Podcast - exploring the exciting new frontiers between science and meditation. The show is part of the new, and amazing @Monash_M3CS. Our website: https://t.co/CQV0L1knCA, and Spotify: https://t.co/N2f78c68gd

[Mark Miller @PredictiveLife]

New on @DrJohnVervaeke Lectern series: Generations of Joy - the first course on #predictiveprocessing + happiness. Covering the new science of emotion & mood, depression & meaning, meditation & enlightenment, flow & play, wisdom & flourishing. Check it out https://t.co/JNyTrTBeVe

[Mark Miller @PredictiveLife]

Excellent new #neurodharma publication!

Learning to attenuate myself: a predictive processing account of body-scan meditation and the dissolution of bodily boundaries

https://t.co/ae5Q2ZKNjQ

[Mark Miller @PredictiveLife]

In Toronto? Wanna learn why we enjoy being terrified? And why seeking out fear—an emotion designed to make us run the other way—and why it might be good for our mental health? Come hear my lecture at the Viaduct Fall 2025 Lecture Series. Tickets here: https://t.co/SSZOvwm0rA

[Mark Miller @PredictiveLife]

@_torontosociety Absolutely cannot wait!

[Mark Miller @PredictiveLife]

Had an amazing chat with Lama John Makransky on the incredible depth and power of compassion training! Check out the newest episode of The Contemplative Science podcast here: https://t.co/zl77qqGTH7

[James Cooke @DrJamesCooke]

Loved chatting with @PredictiveLife about The Dawn of Mind on The Contemplative Science podcast recently https://t.co/uysIQAZ6XT

[Oshan Jarow @OshanJarow]

Relatedly, a favorite moment from my podcast convo with @PredictiveLife

[Oshan Jarow @OshanJarow]

I hosted @voxdotcom's philosophy podcast, on how predictive minds benefit from varieties of chaos w/ @PredictiveLife.

Meditation, psychedelics, art, horror movies — each nears the "edge of informational chaos," & optimizes life's resistance to entropy:
https://t.co/6lsuEmVbsX

[Ruben Laukkonen @RubenLaukkonen]

After which this hum can be recognised at will.
Full paper: https://t.co/bMjnkRZk1e
Kudos: @JonasHMago, @PredictiveLife, @shamilch

[Jonas Mago @JonasHMago]

New PREPRINT!
Pure awareness, entropy, and the foundation of perception. Our computational take on minimal states of consciousness. Check it out here: https://t.co/Ew3NJFHMzu

[Richmond Stace - The Pain Coach @painphysio]

Short film release for pain awareness month.

A conversation between andy with lived experience of chronic pain and richmond, the pain coach.

https://t.co/IRO5Xff2sm

#thepaincoach #chronicpain

@MICardiff @dibbygibby @mikepegg1 @keith_meldrum @PeteOSullivanPT @Jerry_DurhamPT

[Mark Miller @PredictiveLife]

It took another month, but the collection is now complete and properly posted through that link! Check it out!

[Mark Miller @PredictiveLife]

🔥NEW SPECIAL ISSUE🔥

Special Issue in @NeuroConsc: Experiencing Well-Being

A collection of the best Active Inference researchers exploring what flourishing looks like for predictive-systems like us!

Edited by @JulianKiverste1, @ineshipolito and myself

https://t.co/q8mW6bs9lq

[Sam Shonkoff @samshonkoff]

In this episode of The Contemplative Science Podcast, the wonderful philosopher of cognition Mark Miller (@PredictiveLife) and I discuss Jewish spirituality. We talk about "child mind" in Hasidism, dynamics btw psychedelics and tradition, and much more. https://t.co/ziARdt9AVG

[Richmond Stace - The Pain Coach @painphysio]

Loved this conversation with @PredictiveLife and @jamie_slevin

Exploring modern thinking about pain.

https://t.co/Nnq5l4Q8Dz

#thepaincoach #ChronicPain
@PeteOSullivanPT

[Mark Miller @PredictiveLife]

Looking for optimistic research on the positive impact #AI can have on our lives? We’ve got some!

New collaborative work with Ben White (@Midnite_biscuit) - Ambient Smart Environments: Affordances, Allostasis, and Wellbeing? - just dropped in Synthese!

https://t.co/9UJ0OM51MV

[Mark Miller @PredictiveLife]

Newest episode of The Contemplative Science Podcast has André van der Braak discussing Ayahuasca as Liquid Divinity! Check it out here: https://t.co/cgAdPN02T8

[Leah Benson @LeahBTherapy]

New favorite term: "belief hygiene"
Courtesy of Mark Miller. @PredictiveLife
https://t.co/rVyLbMQbdC

[Mark Miller @PredictiveLife]

@LeahBTherapy Thanks for the little bump Leah! Isn’t it awesome?!

[Leah Benson @LeahBTherapy]

Cognitive scientist, Mark Miller @PredictiveLife , breaks it down for those who, if they were being honest, would put their hands up when asked if they think percpetion goes from outside in.