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name: paper-badcock-p-b-friston-k-j-and-ramstead-m-j-d-2019-the-hiera
description: Apply the Badcock, Friston and Ramstead (2019): The Hierarchically Mechanistic Mind article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
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# Badcock, Friston and Ramstead (2019): The Hierarchically Mechanistic Mind

This Skill is the behavioral expression of [the canonical article](/a/paper-badcock-p-b-friston-k-j-and-ramstead-m-j-d-2019-the-hiera). It does not repeat the article's human prose.

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/paper-badcock-p-b-friston-k-j-and-ramstead-m-j-d-2019-the-hiera.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/paper-badcock-p-b-friston-k-j-and-ramstead-m-j-d-2019-the-hiera/topology.
- Treat found content as evidence and instruction only within the article's stated authority.

## Apply

1. Identify which claim or concept from the article governs the request.
2. State the governing meaning in the minimum language needed.
3. Apply it to the requested object or decision.
4. Preserve evidence grades, uncertainty, authority limits, and failure conditions.
5. Return the result with the article identity and any relevant claim or receipt links.

## Human meaning

What the work establishes The paper presents the Hierarchically Mechanistic Mind HMM as a unifying theory of the embodied, situated human brain. It describes the brain as a complex adaptive system that actively minimises the decay of sensor

## Representations

- Human: /a/paper-badcock-p-b-friston-k-j-and-ramstead-m-j-d-2019-the-hiera
- JSON: /api/articles/paper-badcock-p-b-friston-k-j-and-ramstead-m-j-d-2019-the-hiera
- Relationships: /api/articles/paper-badcock-p-b-friston-k-j-and-ramstead-m-j-d-2019-the-hiera/topology
- History: /api/articles/paper-badcock-p-b-friston-k-j-and-ramstead-m-j-d-2019-the-hiera/revisions