Leigh Martinuzzi

431 J. Scott Turner – Purpose and Desire: What Makes Something “Alive”


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J. Scott Turner is a professor, biologist, physiologist and author who shares his interest in the interface between physiology, evolution, and design. He has a new book, Purpose and Desire, that is to be published in September 2017.

This is the focus of conversation for this interview. We have an inspiring conversation that challenges the materialistic and mechanistic biases as to what life is. Suggesting that homeostasis has a larger role to play in the purpose and desire of all life beyond the common current day view that life is just complex algorithms of biological and physiological processes. Awesomely insightful!
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