Michael Levin
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Developmental and synthetic biologist; Distinguished Professor at Tufts University and director of the Allen Discovery Center there. Known for work on…
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11 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Morphogenesis is a fundamentally cognitive process rather than a purely mechanical one. (opens korrents.com)
“I argue that morphogenesis is not a mechanical process captured by emergence of complexity, but a fundamentally cognitive one: living matter constitutes an agential material whose multi-scale problem-solving capacities…”
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There is no distinct boundary between chemical-physical machines and cognitive agents. (opens korrents.com)
“But, developmental biology also tells us there is no bright red line - no magic point in which we tick over from being chemico-physical machines to cognitive agents with minds; what it reveals is a gradual process of…”
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Evolution of agential materials has different dynamics than the evolution of passive substrates. (opens korrents.com)
“Moreover, evolution acting on competent, agential materials has distinct dynamics from evolution of passive substrates, with important consequences for evolvability.”
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Morphogenesis is a fundamentally cognitive process rather than a purely mechanical one. (opens korrents.com)
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1 recommendation on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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They're Made Out of Meat (opens rcmnd.app)
“I’ll give you two stories that I, short stories that I like. One is They’re Made Out of Meat by Terry Bisson.”
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They're Made Out of Meat (opens rcmnd.app)