In any simple explanation, a nay-sayer can just say "that's like A I've seen before." An honest skeptic will instead say "here's where that was described previously as ..." I will recommend 21st century books by Lisa Feldman Barrett, Anil Seth, and Andy Clark, all acclaimed scientists who make FEP accessible even to people who learned their neuroscience in the 20th century.

How Emotions are Made, 2017, LFB

Being You, 2021, AS

The Experience Machine, 2023, AC

BTW, Karl Friston does not make FEP accessible.

The world has changed.