Michael Levin, developmental and synthetic biology and professor at Tufts University, talks about the links between computation and biology, bioelectricity, cancer, cognitive light cones, xenobots and regeneration in biology & medicine.

Michael: https://drmichaellevin.org/

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TIMELINE

0:00 Introduction

1:09 Computation & Biology

9:13 Bioelectricity

11:57 Why Don’t Robots Get Cancer?

19:08 Mind

21:31 Cognitive Light Cone

24:29 Universal Goal

29:59 Bioelectricity (Contd.)

33:57 Xenobots

40:41 Regenerative Biology

48:31 Memories

50:54 Legacy & Meaning of Life

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