It's the Bayesian Brain Hypothesis and Predictive Coding, both thoroughly researched theories that line up with empirical evidence. [1]
[1] https://www.cell.com/trends/neurosciences/abstract/S0166-223...
It's the Bayesian Brain Hypothesis and Predictive Coding, both thoroughly researched theories that line up with empirical evidence. [1]
[1] https://www.cell.com/trends/neurosciences/abstract/S0166-223...
It's a popular view but it's massively controversial and far from being a consensus view. See here for a good overview of some of the problems with it.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22545686/
(You should be able to find the PDF easily on scihub or something)