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Anatomy Compiler
Cognitive science and consciousness are deeply related to developmental biology and physiology. They are two sides of the same coin, information processing in goal directed, hierarchical systems. The more you understand about one, the better you are at managing the others.
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:03:35 An overview of Michael's results of code that isn't genomic
00:07:08 What's the standard view in development biology? (compare and contrast)
00:08:30 Regenerating limbs on animals which don't have regenerative properties (watch this first)
00:17:01 Why did it take so long to discover this momentous result?
00:20:42 Precisely what is voltage and what's being visualized?
00:23:23 DNA encodes hardware, and Michael discovered the software
00:27:22 Taking a cancerous cell and making it non-cancerous, and vice versa
00:32:23 What is the Self? (on identity and ego)
00:33:55 Living robots (xenobots)
00:44:50 The terms "alive" and "dead" are almost useless now
00:47:15 Perception and the morphogenetic code
00:51:06 Immortality is possible in flatworms... What about humans?
00:52:18 Jungian archetypes and their relation to the morphogenetic code
00:54:38 Curt believes this is Nobel prize winning work
00:55:53 [Rupert Sheldrake] Morphogenetic fields vs code
00:57:05 Engineering xenobots to clean up the environment
00:58:17 5G and its possible effects?
01:00:32 Microbiome and the non-neural electric imprints
01:02:34 How do you decode the code? What factors go are in play?
01:05:57 Psychedelics ⇒ change in morphogenetics?
01:07:13 The least action principle, intelligence, and the "intention" of particles
01:16:18 Studying consciousness is a first person activity, not a third person
01:18:13 [Faraz Honarvar] Does the code differ between people?
01:19:48 Morphoceuticals
01:22:03 [Nadia Markova] How does the ML algorithm work, specifically?
01:23:46 [Sam Thompson] Biological self-emergence is "proto-algorithmic"?
01:28:36 [Thane] Should we regenerate? Isn't it beneficial to NOT regenerate?
01:31:23 [Tom] Penrose's and Hameroff's Orch OR
01:35:59 [Mo Flow] Biological clock, aging, and David Sinclair
01:38:29 [Nate Grundmann] Placebo, healing yourself with your mind, and Joe Dispenza
01:44:53 Future projects of Prof. Michael Levin
01:46:01 Consciousness and developmental biology are related
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Just wrapped (April 2021) a documentary called Better Left Unsaid http://betterleftunsaidfilm.com on the topic of "when does the left go too far?" Visit that site if you'd like to watch it.
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