  In this comment on "The Markov blanket trick: On the scope of the free energy
principle and active inference" by Raja and colleagues (2021) in Physics of
Life Reviews, I argue that the argument presented by the authors is valid;
however, I claim that the argument contains a flawed premise, which undermines
their conclusions. In addition, I argue that work on the FEP that has appeared
since the target paper was published underwrites a cogent response to the
issues that are raised by Raja and colleagues.
