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Bioelectric Computation (Ep 39 Re-release)

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The Evolution of Multi Cellularity From Unicellular Ancestors

There's this idea that all living systems, in order to survive, try to minimize surprise. So if you think about a single cell trying to minimize surprise, one of the least surprising things around is a copy of yourself. And so one of the drivers of multi selularity might be this balance between surprise minimization and inpo taxes for more information. We're working now with a, a william ratcliffe at a a georgia tech on how we can kick start multi cellularity by providing cells that are still unicellular with a little bit of electric machinery.

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