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• Bioelectricity: A Bridge Between Physics and Cognition, by Way of Biology

  This is a ~54 minute talk I gave, titled ""Bioelectricity: a bridge between physics and cognition, by way of biology", at the National Institute of Health Interest Group "Quantum SIG" (https://oir.nih.gov/sigs/qis-quantum-sensing-biology-interest-group). My talk doesn't contain any quantum biology content per se, but I discuss the idea of top-down control and cognition all the way down, from abstract mental goals to molecular pathways, with bioelectricity as a tractable medium for the communicat... CONNECT WITH ME: Podcast Website YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Twitter Blog The Levin Lab

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• Intrinsic Motivation in Evolved, Engineered, and Hybrid Systems

  This is a ~1 hour talk I gave at the Oxford Robotics Institute called "Intrinsic motivation in evolved, engineered, and hybrid systems: the interface of biophysics, computer science, and behavioral science". It covers our work from the perspective of motivations - what are they (in various unconventional agents, spaces, and scales), how can we predict/change them, and where they "come from". CONNECT WITH ME: Podcast Website YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Twitter Blog The Levin Lab

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• Substrate-Dependent Mathematics Hypothesis

  This is a ~50-minute talk titled "Substrate-dependent mathematics hypothesis" by Olaf Witkowski (https://olafwitkowski.com/), presented for our Platonic Space symposium (https://thoughtforms.life/symposium-on-the-platonic-space/). CONNECT WITH ME: Podcast Website YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Twitter Blog The Levin Lab

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• The Historical Construction of Normativity in Mathematics

  This is the fourth talk in our symposium on Platonic Space, titled "The Historical Construction of Normativity in Mathematics" by Benjamin Lyons (https://interestingessays.substack.com/) CONNECT WITH ME: Podcast Website YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Twitter Blog The Levin Lab

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• Patterns and Explanatory Gaps in Psychotherapy by Alexey Tolchinsky

  This is the third talk in our symposium on Platonic Space, titled "Patterns and Explanatory Gaps in Psychotherapy (does God place dice?)" by Alexey Tolchinsky (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=tiBKmrsAAAAJ&hl=en) CONNECT WITH ME: Podcast Website YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Twitter Blog The Levin Lab

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