{"id":174287,"date":"2023-10-16T10:26:17","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T15:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/the-beauty-of-collective-intelligence-explained-by-a-developmental-biologist"},"modified":"2023-10-16T10:26:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T15:26:17","slug":"the-beauty-of-collective-intelligence-explained-by-a-developmental-biologist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/the-beauty-of-collective-intelligence-explained-by-a-developmental-biologist","title":{"rendered":"The beauty of collective intelligence, explained by a developmental biologist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U93x9AWeuOA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The strange science experiment that blew a worm\u2019s head off\u2026 and blew our minds.<\/p>\n<p>This interview is an episode from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/The\">@The<\/a>-Well, our publication about ideas that inspire a life well-lived, created with the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnTempletonFoundation\">@JohnTempletonFoundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Watch Michael Levin\u2019s next interview \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XHMyKOpiYjk\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/XHMyKOpiYjk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Levin, a developmental biologist at Tufts University, challenges conventional notions of intelligence, arguing that it is inherently collective rather than individual.<\/p>\n<p>Levin explains that we are collections of cells, with each cell possessing competencies developed from their evolution from unicellular organisms. This forms a multi-scale competency architecture, where each level, from cells to tissues to organs, is solving problems within their unique spaces.<\/p>\n<p>Levin emphasizes that properly recognizing intelligence, which spans different scales of existence, is vital for understanding life\u2019s complexities. And this perspective suggests a radical shift in understanding ourselves and the world around us, acknowledging the cognitive abilities present at every level of our existence.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/the-beauty-of-collective-intelligence-explained-by-a-developmental-biologist\">Continue reading \u201cThe beauty of collective intelligence, explained by a developmental biologist\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The strange science experiment that blew a worm\u2019s head off\u2026 and blew our minds. This interview is an episode from @The-Well, our publication about ideas that inspire a life well-lived, created with the @JohnTempletonFoundation. Watch Michael Levin\u2019s next interview \u25ba https:\/\/youtu.be\/XHMyKOpiYjk. Michael Levin, a developmental biologist at Tufts University, challenges conventional notions of intelligence, arguing [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,385,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-174287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-evolution","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174287\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}