Cells to civilizations with Enrico Coen | Reason with Science | Evolution | Science | Culture

Sep 3, 2023

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This episode is with Enrico Coen. He is a plant biologist and geneticist at John Innes Centre. Enrico's work has focused on unraveling the intricate genetic and molecular mechanisms that govern the formation and growth of plants. He is the author of two books, namely, 'Cells to civilizations' and 'Art of genes'.

In this conversation we talk about major transitions in biology, emergence of complexity, evolution of life, drivers of evolution, evolution of brains, Intelligence and science.

Guest info: Website: https://www.jic.ac.uk/people/enrico-coen/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/InnerWorlds1 Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Enrico-Coen/author/B001HCV4C8?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:04 Major transformations of life

00:14:12 What is science and how it works?

00:16:22 Can science help us to study fundamental nature of reality?

00:30:07 Do we need an absolutist view of science?