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Biology, medicine and the body
Life, purpose and the body as an adaptive system
Some of the most surprising work on mind comes from biology. This section gathers conversations about life itself: how cells coordinate, how living things pursue goals, and how those ideas bear on health and disease.
Topics include bioelectricity and how tissues store information, the origin of life and of purpose, the evolution of the body and its vulnerabilities, cancer, and what it means for an organism to be a self. Several guests argue that thinking of cells and tissues as agents solving problems, rather than as passive parts, opens new questions for developmental biology and medicine.
Dr Naidu practises general medicine with a special interest in metabolic health and preventive medicine, and these conversations share a theme with his clinical work: a body is a connected, adaptive system, and how we understand it affects how we try to look after it. For general information about his approach, see the metabolic health and preventive medicine page.
Episodes are listed newest first. This is general discussion, not medical advice.
Episodes on this topic.
Anna Ciaunica
Is Your Whole Body Conscious? Biological Idealism: From Cells to Selves
Length 2 hr 5 min
Michael Levin & Robert Chis-Ciure
Neuroscience Beyond Neurons in the Diverse Intelligence Era
Length 1 hr 28 min
Edward Kelly
What if the Brain Doesn’t Create Consciousness? Irreducible Mind & Beyond Physicalism
Length 1 hr 50 min
Dr Tevin Naidu
What is the Mind-Body Problem?
Length 4 min
Dr Tevin Naidu
Introducing the Mind-at-Large Project: A New Paradigm in Consciousness Research
Length 1 hr 51 min
Azra Raza
Can We Cure Cancer? How We (Mis)Treat Cancer, How We Can Do Better, and Why We Must
Length 1 hr 14 min
Aaron Sloman
What is Life? Information, Intelligence, and the Ineffable within Science
Length 1 hr 9 min
Josh Bongard
What are Biological Robots? How AI is Reshaping Life, Consciousness & Matter!
Length 1 hr 21 min
Terrence Deacon & Michael Levin
What is Life? Complexity, Cognition & the Origin of Purpose
Length 1 hr 30 min
Gunnar Babcock
What is The Split-Body Problem? Rethinking Our Understanding of How Life Reproduces
Length 1 hr 2 min
Stuart Hameroff
Is Consciousness a Quantum Orchestra? Microtubules, Objective Reduction, & Orch OR
Length 1 hr 37 min
Denis Noble & Raymond Noble
Is Life Purposeful? A Paradigm Shift in Understanding Living Systems
Length 1 hr 58 min
Terrence Deacon
Did Mind Emerge From Matter? Origin of Life, Causal Emergence, & Descartes' Shadow
Length 3 hr 9 min
Dr Tevin Naidu
What is Consciousness? Theories of Consciousness & The Mind-Body Solution
Length 1 hr 7 min
Curt Jaimungal
What Is A Theory Of Everything? Theories Of Everything /\ Mind-Body Solution
Length 2 hr 35 min
Dr Tevin Naidu
What is Mind-Body Solution? A Quest to Conquer the Mind-Body Problem
Length 1 hr 54 min
Rebecca Goldstein
What's The Matter with Matter & Why Does It Matter? The Mind-Body Problem
Length 1 hr 8 min
Noam Chomsky
What Is The Mind-Body Problem? The Hard Problem Of Consciousness & Materialism
Length 37 min
Michael Levin
What Is Bioelectrical Intelligence? Technological Approach To Minds Everywhere
Length 1 hr 16 min