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Embryology Intelligent Design

Bioelectric code gains new recognition as body organizer and form of intelligence

Researcher Michael Levin: “We would call this intelligence.”

Posted on March 17, 2023March 17, 2023 Author News Comments(5)
Biology Intelligent Design

Tufts biologist asks, where is anatomy coded in living systems?

Michael Levin: The idea is that there is supposed to be emergence (of anatomy), and that kind of emergent complexity, but this idea that things are working towards a goal, as any navigational system fundamentally does, is not something that is very comfortable, certainly for molecular biology.

Posted on December 25, 2022December 25, 2022 Author News Comments(32)
Animal minds Cell biology Intelligent Design

How exactly do one-celled life forms learn?

Where do they store memories? New thinking is, changes in the state of the life form, resulting in changed behavior — which amounts to learning — need not “be someplace” or weigh something, for the same reasons as a full USB stick doesn’t weigh any more than an empty one.

Posted on May 14, 2021 Author News Comments(2)
Cell biology Intelligent Design Mind Neuroscience

At Nautilus: A bioelectric theory of consciousness

The hypothesis that consciousness is a function of bioelectric fields includes the notion that our individual cells are conscious. Levin and Dennett are willing to think of parts of the body as agents too. But from what we can tell, whole persons are not agents in Dennett’s view.

Posted on March 15, 2021 Author News Comments(3)
Cell biology Intelligent Design Mind Naturalism Origin Of Life

The philosopher and the biologist offer a “fantasy” of how Darwinism can create minds

The problem isn’t with their believing that cells feature lots of intelligence but with their effort to equate human and cellular intelligence. Human intelligence is something quite different.

Posted on November 2, 2020November 2, 2020 Author News Comments(5)

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