
A podcast by Professor Michael Levin exploring the frontiers of biology, cognition, and emergence. Engage in conversations about morphogenesis, bioelectricity, and synthetic life — and uncover how intelligence and agency emerge from the most fundamental levels of nature.
| Publishes | Twice weekly | Episodes | 161 | Founded | 9 months ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | EducationScience | |||

This is a ~46 minute talk by Michael Levin titled “The Unreasonable Effectiveness of the Behavioral Sciences in Developmental Biology and Biomedicine” given at a developmental biology/bioengineering symposium, explaining the connections between the c... more
This is a ~54 minute conversation with Katrina Schleisman (www.galois.com/team/katrina-schleisman) and David Burke (www.galois.com/team/david-burke) about issues related to memory, Platonism, diverse intelligence, and similar topics. more
This is a ~52 minute conversation with philosopher David Resnik (www.niehs.nih.gov/research/resources/bioethics/bioethicist) about the Platonic Space model and our plan for a new paper about a different variant of it than what I've been writi... more
This is a ~57 minute discussion with Elan Barenholtz (mpcrlab.com/people/Elan-Barenholtz/) about language and its possible autonomy in brains, AI models, and other systems linking to our lab's work on active data and the thoughts-thinkers con... more
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Focus areas include the interplay between biology and cognition, examining how intelligence can arise from both natural and engineered systems. Topics discussed prominently include morphogenesis, bioelectricity, and collective intelligence, with a notable emphasis on synthetic life forms like xenobots and anthrobots. The exploration of these themes raises intriguing ethical questions regarding the recognition of intelligence in unconventional entities and the future implications for regenerative medicine. Through dialogues that encompass scientific theories and philosophical inquiries, insights from various disciplines coalesce to provide listeners with thought-provoking perspectives on the nature of life and intelligence.
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