Thoughts on the science and philosophy of embodied minds, and the lives that can be; the more personal, broader complement to my laboratory research on the biophysical mechanisms of embodied intelligence.
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Current and Future Content Includes:
- Essays on biology, AI, philosophy, and relevant fiction
- Biographies of people who have had an influence on me
- Transcripts of internal conversations on issues of science and philosophy
- Interviews with remarkable scientists: established stars across fields, and introductions to new young researchers
- Software/code for productivity and/or fun
- AI- and mathematically-generated art
- Favorite links to others’ content
- Notes on messages I try to transmit to my students – from personal advice (coming into, or leaving, the lab) to class materials
- Notifications of new findings from our lab, with explanations for the interested public
- Ask-Me-Anything events (Q&A sessions)
- Photography (nature, infrared, and macrophotography)
- Complete list of books in my library and occasional book reviews
- My whole Endnote library of references (curated list of science papers I cite)
- Infographics and other downloadable educational content such as Powerpoint slides
- Personal recommendations for science books, sci-fi, etc.
- What our group is currently working on and how I see the work developing in the future
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A brief breakdown of the public material I make available and what exists at each location.
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This is a set of answers to questions posed to me from talks and presentations, emails, and Twitter posts. Some in text, some in audio.
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Nature photos of plants, water, animals, sunlight. Some in Infrared.
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This is a discussion with two people working at the intersection of science and spirituality.
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Midjourney images from various prompts.
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A video, and downloadable slides, of a presentation I gave on robot science and Xenobots at the 2025 Artificial Life meeting.
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Some thought-provoking quotes on top of nature photos.
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Nature photography including plants, animals, ocean, river, and some other things.
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Answers to a few recent questions people have asked me.
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Host page for the first Symposium on the Platonic Space
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An overview of our latest preprint on Anthrobots and what it means for evolution, biomedicine, and beyond.