{"id":1799,"date":"2024-06-19T07:41:22","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T05:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triality.nl\/index.php\/2024\/06\/19\/michael-levin-consciousness-cognition-biology-emergence\/"},"modified":"2024-07-01T18:37:42","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T16:37:42","slug":"michael-levin-consciousness-cognition-biology-emergence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triality.nl\/index.php\/2024\/06\/19\/michael-levin-consciousness-cognition-biology-emergence\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Levin: Consciousness, Cognition, Biology, Emergence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_55195\"  width=\"840\" height=\"472\"  data-origwidth=\"840\" data-origheight=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c8iFtaltX-s?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Levin is an American developmental and synthetic biologist at Tufts University, where he is the Vannevar Bush Distinguished Professor. Levin is a director of the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University and Tufts Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology. He is also co-director of the Institute for Computationally Designed Organisms with Josh Bongard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-amazon wp-block-embed-amazon\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Ahead of the Curve: Volume 2: Hidden breakthroughs in the biosciences (ISSN)\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"840\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=kpe&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_nwjwDgj8RNcDS0&#038;asin=B07L2ZPKNQ&#038;tag=kpembed-20\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Levin is an American developmental and synthetic biologist at Tufts University, where he is the Vannevar Bush Distinguished Professor. Levin is a director of the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University and Tufts Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology. He is also co-director of the Institute for Computationally Designed Organisms with Josh Bongard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_angie_page":false,"page_builder":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5,112,24,113,30,111],"class_list":["post-1799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","hentry","category-truth","tag-analytic-idealism","tag-biology","tag-consciousness","tag-ecology","tag-physics","tag-rupert-sheldrake","post_format-post-format-video"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1857,"url":"https:\/\/triality.nl\/index.php\/2025\/01\/02\/michael-levin-why-intelligence-isnt-limited-to-brains\/","url_meta":{"origin":1799,"position":0},"title":"Michael Levin &#8211; Why Intelligence Isn&#8217;t Limited To Brains.","author":"admin","date":"January 2, 2025","format":"video","excerpt":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6w5xr8BYV8M Professor Michael Levin explores the revolutionary concept of diverse intelligence, demonstrating how cognitive capabilities extend far beyond traditional brain-based intelligence. 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