Thoughtforms Life Podcast
1) “The Unreasonable Effectiveness of the Behavioral Sciences in Developmental Biology and Biomedicine”
This is a ~46 minute talk by Michael Levin titled “The Unreasonable Effectiveness of the Behavioral Sciences in Developmental Biology and Biomedicine” given at a developmental biology/bioengineering s...Show More
2) "Unconventional Embodiments: model systems & strategies addressing mind-blindness" by Michael Levin
This is a ~45 minute talk for an embodied cognition audience, covering my framework for diverse intelligence, our use of morphogenesis as a model system for communicating with unconventional minds, an...Show More
3) "Platonic Space: brief argument and research agenda" by Michael Levin
This is a brief (~17 minute) introduction to my argument about Platonic space in biology, using a 1-page simplified argument format and then a quick overview of the research program entailed by it. CH...Show More
4) Against Mind-Blindness: recognizing and communicating with unconventional beings by Michael Levin
This ~50 minute talk given at a futurism/AI gathering is a variant of my recent talks on diverse intelligence, focusing on ways to expand our perspective via considerations of non-brain-based intellig...Show More
5) "What the physiological software of life means for patient-specific interventions" by Michael Levin
This is a very brief (~5 minute) explanation I made at a conference on next generation biomedicine about the topic of physiological learning and reprogrammability. I was commenting on the fact that d...Show More
6) Why bioelectricity in morphogenesis matters: an introduction in 3 slides by Michael Levin
This is an ~8 minute very quick introduction about the context for developmental bioelectricity and some examples of how we use it as an interface to control growth and form. In this very short 3 slid...Show More
7) "The biology of apparent selves" by Michael Levin
This is a ~52-minute talk titled "The Biology of Apparent Selves: Bioengineering Model Systems for the Contemplative Sciences" that I have at the CSCSC 25 (Complex Systems and Contemplative Studies Co...Show More
8) "The Embodied Mind of a New Robot Scientist" by Michael Levin
This is a ~58 minute talk titled "The Embodied Mind of a New Robot Scientist: symmetries between AI and bioengineering the agential material of life and their impact on technology and on our future" w...Show More
9) "Bioelectricity: a bridge between physics and cognition, by way of biology" by Michael Levin
This is a ~22 minute talk that I gave remotely at the Tech For Impact Summit 2025 in Japan (https://tech4impactsummit.com/). It goes very quickly over the idea of bioelectricity as the cognitive glue...Show More
10) Bioelectricity: A Bridge Between Physics and Cognition, by Way of Biology
This is a ~54 minute talk I gave, titled ""Bioelectricity: a bridge between physics and cognition, by way of biology", at the National Institute of Health Interest Group "Quantum SIG" (https://oir.nih...Show More