An extra thought: All membranes (boundaries) are Markov blankets, but not all Markov blankets are membranes.
For example, if two social groups are isolated from each other there’s a Markov blanket between them. However, that could just be spurious because they happen not to talk, rather than because there is an agent there that is actively maintaining that separation.
An extra thought: All membranes (boundaries) are Markov blankets, but not all Markov blankets are membranes.
For example, if two social groups are isolated from each other there’s a Markov blanket between them. However, that could just be spurious because they happen not to talk, rather than because there is an agent there that is actively maintaining that separation.