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Michael Levin is a biologist at Tufts University working on novel ways to understand and control complex pattern formation in biological systems. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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  EPISODE LINKS:
  Michael’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/drmichaellevin
  Michael’s Website: https://drmichaellevin.org
  Michael’s Papers:
  Biological Robots: https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.00880
  Synthetic Organisms: https://tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19420889.2021.2005863
  Limb Regeneration: https://science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abj2164
  
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  OUTLINE:
  Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
  (00:00) - Introduction
  (06:40) - Embryogenesis
  (14:08) - Xenobots: biological robots
  (27:55) - Sense of self
  (37:27) - Multi-scale competency architecture
  (48:58) - Free will
  (58:27) - Bioelectricity
  (1:11:44) - Planaria
  (1:23:33) - Building xenobots
  (1:47:08) - Unconventional cognition
  (2:11:39) - Origin of evolution
  (2:18:42) - Synthetic organisms
  (2:25:27) - Regenerative medicine
  (2:29:14) - Cancer suppression
  (2:33:15) - Viruses
  (2:38:28) - Cognitive light cones
  (2:43:03) - Advice for young people
  (2:47:47) - Death
  (2:57:17) - Meaning of life

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