I'm being very pedantic for the very specific cases it's applied to models of cognition. True, I don't like the word prediction in general, aside from maybe be

I'm being very pedantic for the very specific cases it's applied to models of cognition. True, I don't like the word prediction in general, aside from maybe being used for the most minimal stability one requires for survival. That seems essential for the human mind to have enough security in it's own existing understanding to avoid descending into a state of analysis paralysis.