About
It’s rigorous and precise thinking I value
I’ve a fundamental policy of careful analysis - surveying much ground before drawing conclusions, that are themselves stress tested. Across contexts I aim to construct useful and empowering maps that guide and enable progress.
(Marianne McAllister)
(Based in Cairns, Australia)
How my convictions have materialised:
I studied a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy at Macquarie University. My original interests were free will and moral responsibility, but I was introduced to predictive processing in 2017, and I've been fascinated ever since.
During my degree I presented student work on predictive processing at the Australasian Association of Philosophy conference in 2018. I graduated with a High Distinction average and several academic awards, was accepted into the MRes program at Macquarie, and completed much of the first semester before taking a break.
During that break my interest in predictive processing became practical. That led to Adaptive, an independent, early-stage project on self-directed belief-updating, which I first shared in a public talk in 2024. I plan to return to postgraduate study in 2027 to develop that thinking in a structured academic setting.
Alongside my studies, I’ve spent over a decade in marketing and communications, from leading a guest services team at a five-star resort to running communications for Viking’s first ocean ship launch in Australia. Today I bring that experience, and the same careful thinking, to small businesses through my advisory work.