Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Why Can the Brain (and Not a Computer) Make Sense of the Liar Paradox?

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution December 20, 2021 Patrick Fraser, Ricard Sole, Gemma de Las Cuevas

Ordinary computing machines prohibit self-reference because it leads to logical inconsistencies and undecidability. In contrast, the human mind can understand self-referential statements without necessitating physically impossible brain states. Why can the brain make sense of self-reference? Here, we address this question by defining the Strange Loop Model, which features causal feedback...