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 few talks of mine, and text transcripts of the questions and answers in the discussion afterward.
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Our experiments on transplanting eyes in tadpoles led to some interesting results with implications for understanding evolution and developmental plasticity.
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Some musings on the question of whether our origins as a collective intelligence implies that we too could be part of an even greater collective, and how we might know it.
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Answers to a few recent questions people have asked me.
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A home-school unit on Diverse Intelligence
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Some thoughts about planaria for memory experiments, including references to literature on memory transfer and some protocols and manuals.
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A transcript on some thoughts on memory, goals, universal hacking, and the evolution of agents.
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A dialog between Chris Fields, Tyler Clark, me, and Karl Friston on the topic of life and computation.
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This is a talk for an undergraduate class on regenerative medicine in Tufts’ Biomedical Engineering department, including transcript of the Q&A at the end.