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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Host page for the first Symposium on the Platonic Space
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Two recent talks (one on Buddhist themes in my work and one on bioelectricity and biomedicine) and the downloadable slides.
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A puzzle about the surprisingly tight distribution of mathematical constants.
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This is a set of questions posed to me from talks and presentations, emails, and Twitter posts, and my replies.
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Another set of interesting quotes, on top of nature images.
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Some nature images of water, sky, light, and birds
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Videos of a few recent talks and downloadable slides
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A brief introduction and an original draft of my piece on life vs. machines.
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Images of ocean, light, plants, and Godzilla.
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Some thoughtful quotes on top of nature images
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Some excerpts and explanation of a recent paper on causal patterns from the Platonic space and the implications for biology, engineering, and philosophy of mind.