Here is Emergent Garden’s thoughts on emergent complexity. I go through a tour of simple systems that produce unexpected complexity, and try to break down emergence into more general and useful ideas. We talk about snowflakes and ant colonies, cellular automata and universe simulations, and the many weird ideas of Stephen Wolfram. I also offer some advice for creating and encouraging emergent behavior. This video is important to me. Emergence is the most interesting thing in the universe.
Tag: physics
How Light Becomes Matter (and Back Again) | SLEEP SCIENCE STORIES
What if everything around you — every atom, every object, even you — once existed as pure light? In tonight’s Sleep Science Story, we explore one of the most mind-bending truths in physics: light can become matter, and matter can turn back into light. Relax as we dive into the strange world of E=mc², particle creation, and the dance between energy and mass that shapes our universe. From the heart of stars to the vacuum of space, discover how the cosmos continuously transforms light into life.
Francis Lucille: A Masterclass In Non-Duality
Francis Lucille, originally trained in mathematics and physics, is a contemporary spiritual teacher in the Advaita Vedanta tradition, highly regarded for his clear and experiential articulation of non-duality. In this conversation with Natalia Vorontsova, Lucille explains that Advaita Vedanta is grounded in a single axiom: there is only one reality, which he equates with consciousness. The apparent multiplicity of selves, worlds, bodies, and minds is an appearance arising within this one consciousness. An important value of Advaita Vedanta, in the myriad of idealist spiritual traditions, is that it focuses not so much on achieving altered states of consciousness, but rather offers a method to recognize that consciousness is the single, universal reality.
Scientists Reveal a Theory Suggesting Another Reality Has Been Intersecting Ours
Right now, while you watch this, another version of you made a different choice. In a lab in California, a particle just passed through two separate slits at the exact same time. Scientists have discovered that reality itself might be splitting into countless copies every single second. We are talking about the Many-Worlds Interpretation, a theory suggesting that infinite parallel universes exist right here, overlapping with ours. If you enjoy exploring these mind-bending ideas, subscribe and hit that like button. Prepare yourselves. We begin.
Dan Winter’s Golden Theory of Everything, Animated FractalGUT.com animated by Nikolene Ahha & Andy
Dan Winter’s Golden Theory of Everything explores a unifying principle behind physics, using the golden ratio. This animated explanation details “charge collapse,” a wave compression mechanism, and its potential impact on gravity and consciousness. The theory proposes a mathematical framework scaling from Planck length to protons, challenging mainstream science.
This New Tech Revolutionizes Biology..
Dr. Michael Levin is on the verge of revolutionizing medicine by unlocking the bioelectric code that governs how cells communicate, heal, and build complex structures. His work reveals that intelligence exists at every level of biology—allowing us to reprogram tissues, regenerate limbs, and even suppress cancer by restoring cellular memory and connection.
Physicist Stephen Wolfram PROVES Space-Time Is An ILLUSION | ChatGPT, Consciousness, & Time Travel
Stephen Wolfram is a British-American computer scientist, physicist, and businessman. He is known for his work in computer algebra and theoretical physics. In 2012, he was named a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.
Scientists Think the Universe Is a Quantum Computer – Here’s The Physics Behind It!
There is no “outside.” No other system. The universe is not on a computer. It is the computer. It is the thing performing the computation. It doesn’t need anyone watching it. It doesn’t need a server farm or a control panel. It simply is what it is: a system that processes information according to its own rules. In other words, when we talk about the universe as a quantum computer, we’re not saying it’s pretending to be real. We’re saying this is what real is.
Giulio Tononi on Consciousness and Integrated Information Theory
First and foremost this is a promotional clip pointing you in the direction of the original creators of the material. Secondly this is Educational in a way that could Save Lives. For original video see:Christof Koch and Giulio Tononi on Consciousness at the FQXi conference 2014 in Vieques • Christof Koch and Giulio Tononi …
Michael Levin – Why Intelligence Isn’t Limited To Brains.
Professor Michael Levin explores the revolutionary concept of diverse intelligence, demonstrating how cognitive capabilities extend far beyond traditional brain-based intelligence. Drawing from his groundbreaking research, he explains how even simple biological systems like gene regulatory networks exhibit learning, memory, and problem-solving abilities. Levin introduces key concepts like “cognitive light cones” – the scope of goals a system can pursue – and shows how these ideas are transforming our approach to cancer treatment and biological engineering. His insights challenge conventional views of intelligence and agency, with profound implications for both medicine and artificial intelligence development. This deep discussion reveals how understanding intelligence as a spectrum, from molecular networks to human minds, could be crucial for humanity’s future technological development. Contains technical discussion of biological systems, cybernetics, and theoretical frameworks for understanding emergent cognition.
Prof. Michael Levin:
https://as.tufts.edu/biology/people/f…