This is a series of replies to the commentaries, written in the order in which they were received. The replies are followed by four conclusions: (1) many people still confuse “function” with physiology; (2) those who adopt the predictive processing paradigm still prioritize cognition over affect; (3) we should not underestimate the lingering antipathy towards and mistrust of psychoanalysis among medical scientists; (4) the neurologists who attended our Trieste congress left it with an improved attitude toward and understanding of psychoanalysis.