Ethics and the New Biology
Watch Episode Here Listen to Episode Here Show Notes This is a ~30 minute talk to an Ethics class (undergraduates)
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"Ethics and the New Biology" by Michael Levin
Michael Levin gives a 30-minute lecture to an undergraduate ethics class on how new biology research on mind spectra, cellular intelligence, bioelectric control, and anthrobots raises novel ethical questions about life and embodiment.
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Conversation with Frank Putnam and Alexey Tolchinsky
Watch Episode Here Listen to Episode Here Show Notes This is a ~1 hour conversation with Frank Putnam (https://scholar.
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Conversation with Frank Putnam and Alexey Tolchinsky 1
Frank Putnam and Alexey Tolchinsky discuss dissociative disorders, clinical psychology, and how concepts like temporal depth, integration, and stress relate to aging, bioelectricity, regenerative medicine, and cancer.
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Discussion with Michael Johnson 1
A 50-minute conversation with Michael Johnson on vasocomputation, stress as cognitive glue, and how vascular tension, trauma, fascia, and bodywide bioelectric fields relate to computation and cognition in unconventional substrates.
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"How does it know? Bioelectricity as memory medium, cognitive glue, & path to regenerative medicine"
A one-hour talk on developmental bioelectricity and its role as a medium of memory, morphogenesis, and regeneration, drawing analogies to brain function. Topics include genomic control, pattern homeostasis, cancer, electroceuticals, and novel synthetic organisms.
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Uncovering Electrodynamic Design Principles of Living Cells
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"Uncovering electrodynamic design principles of living cells" by Jack Tuszynski
Jack Tuszynski presents research on the electrical and electromagnetic properties of microtubules, covering cellular electrodynamics, conductivity–capacitance experiments, possible computational roles, and implications for modeling and synthetic biology.
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Discussion with Alexey Tolchinsky and Thomas Pollak 2
Clinical psychologist Alexey Tolchinsky and neuropsychiatrist Thomas Pollak discuss how rejuvenation therapies might affect cognition and memory, and explore experimental strategies using Anthrobots, xenobots, and cellular models of psychiatric disease.
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Conversation with Lauren Ross #1
Philosopher of science Lauren Ross discusses how scientists use explanations and causation, covering mechanisms and levels in biology, emergence and control, pragmatism versus metaphysics, and the role of mathematical and mechanistic models.
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Interview with Azra Raza on a new theory and practice of cancer
Oncologist Azra Raza discusses her clinical journey and a new first-cell paradigm for cancer, covering stress, cell fusion, immortality, personalized stents, limits of current therapies, and how patients can navigate a cancer diagnosis.
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Life, Mind, and Computing: A Diverse Intelligence Perspective
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