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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A talk I gave on diverse intelligence (with downloadable slide content) plus downloadable library of references to papers on plant cognition.
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A conversation and some follow-up links on the neurophilosophy of olfaction and the life/machine spectrum.
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Four scenarios for an unexpected message found encoded in the world; which is most disruptive and why?
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Photography (including infrared) of nature in Iceland
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Combining two ideas: patterns as agents and bioelectric information in morphogenesis, to think about new ways to use polycomputing to better undrstand and control biological emdia.
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A discussion of responses to my mind-everywhere views and my opinions on what is driving it.
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Some interesting quotes.
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Analyzing scientists’ definitions of “life” by language models.
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Midjourney art, with prompts consisting of our papers’ titles and others.
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A discussion with, and a presentation by, Ali Hanson on the neuroscience of Hydra.