Thoughtforms Life

Thoughtforms Life

By Michael LevinScienceEducation
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Thoughtforms Life episodes

  • Working Meeting #1 with Mike Gazzaniga and Richard Watson
    Mike Gazzaniga, Richard Watson, and I discuss split brains, minds, confabulation, and consciousness.
    Richard Watson - https://www.richardawatson.com/
    Mike Gazzaniga - https://people.psych.ucsb.edu/gazzaniga/michael/

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      • 1 hr 15 min
    • Working Meeting #1 with Mike Gazzaniga and Richard Watson
      Mike Gazzaniga, Richard Watson, and I discuss split brains, minds, confabulation, and consciousness.
      Richard Watson - https://www.richardawatson.com/
      Mike Gazzaniga - https://people.psych.ucsb.edu/gazzaniga/michael/

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        • 1 hr 15 min
      • Chat with Carlos E. Perez about the TAME Framework: Intelligence and Agency
        We discuss what the relationship is between intelligence and agency (since my definition of intelligence focuses on competency for goal-directed problem-solving), AI, biological evolution, and what is important about maintaining humanity in the deep future.

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          • 41 min
        • Chat with Carlos E. Perez about the TAME Framework: Intelligence and Agency
          We discuss what the relationship is between intelligence and agency (since my definition of intelligence focuses on competency for goal-directed problem-solving), AI, biological evolution, and what is important about maintaining humanity in the deep future.

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          • The Levin Lab
            • 41 min
          • Iain McGilchrist, Richard Watson, and Mike Levin
            A working meeting discussing machines, life, agency, souls, and the continuum of being.
            Iain McGilchrist - https://channelmcgilchrist.com/
            Richard Watson - https://www.richardawatson.com/
            The poem I was referring to half-way through is this one:
            It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know  what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s  longing.
            It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you  will risk looking like a fool for love, for y...

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              • 1 hr 1 min
            • Iain McGilchrist, Richard Watson, and Mike Levin
              A working meeting discussing machines, life, agency, souls, and the continuum of being.
              Iain McGilchrist - https://channelmcgilchrist.com/
              Richard Watson - https://www.richardawatson.com/
              The poem I was referring to half-way through is this one:
              It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know  what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s  longing.
              It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you  will risk looking like a fool for love, for y...

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                • 1 hr 1 min
              • Conversation Between Mark Solms, Chris Fields, and Mike Levin
                This is a working meeting and discussion between Mark Solms, Chris Fields, and Mike Levin
                Mark Solms - https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vD4p8rQAAAAJ&hl=en
                Chris Fields - https://chrisfieldsresearch.com/

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                  • 58 min
                • Conversation Between Mark Solms, Chris Fields, and Mike Levin
                  This is a working meeting and discussion between Mark Solms, Chris Fields, and Mike Levin
                  Mark Solms - https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vD4p8rQAAAAJ&hl=en
                  Chris Fields - https://chrisfieldsresearch.com/

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                    • 58 min

                  About Thoughtforms Life

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                  A podcast by Professor Michael Levin exploring the frontiers of biology, cognition, and emergence. Engage in conversations about morphogenesis, bioelectricity, and synthetic life — and uncover how…

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