# “Prediction” from the first principles

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**Created:** [August 5, 2018, 10:46pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/prediction-from-the-first-principles/4307 "2018-08-05T22:46:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 11:16pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/prediction-from-the-first-principles/4307/14 "2018-08-06T23:16:46Z")

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> [@bkaz](#):
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> I think it’s mostly frontal cortex feeding on itself, although via a long loop.

Loop? This one?

> [@Intelligence vs Consciousness](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/intelligence-vs-consciousness/2595/41):
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> My working theory on consciousness is fairly simple considering how complex the central nervous system is. Let me set the table on how I see the brain working: Focusing on the H of HTM. (Hierarchy) Consider this in a sensory stream general framework of (raw sense) to (collected sense/association) to (name/symbol) to (collected symbols/grammar) to (working memory) to (the emotionally colored here and now) in the tip of the temporal lobe. This is the stream of sensation that you know as your pe…

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