{"id":237889,"date":"2026-05-28T06:04:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T11:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/michael-levin-consciousness-biology-universal-mind-emergence-cancer-research"},"modified":"2026-05-28T06:04:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T11:04:34","slug":"michael-levin-consciousness-biology-universal-mind-emergence-cancer-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/michael-levin-consciousness-biology-universal-mind-emergence-cancer-research","title":{"rendered":"Michael Levin: Consciousness, Biology, Universal Mind, Emergence, Cancer Research"},"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\/c8iFtaltX-s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Michael Levin is an American developmental and synthetic biologist at Tufts University, where he is the Vannevar Bush Distinguished Professor. Levin is a director of the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University and Tufts Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology. He is also co-director of the Institute for Computationally Designed Organisms with Josh Bongard.<\/p>\n<p>Listen on Spotify: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e\">https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e<\/a> Join TOEmail at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtjaimungal.org\">https:\/\/www.curtjaimungal.org<\/a>.<br \/> Timestamps:<br \/> 00:00 \u2014 Intro.<br \/> 00:30 \u2014 Biggest Myths of Biology.<br \/> 07:18 \u2014 Tying Michael\u2019s Work Together.<br \/> 35:25 \u2014 Who Are We (Humans)?<br \/> 56:10 \u2014 Cognition.<br \/> 01:14:10 \u2014 Conscious Agents.<br \/> 01:33:25 \u2014 Bioelectricity and Cancer.<br \/> 02:16:15 \u2014 Support TOE<\/p>\n<p>Join TOEmail at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtjaimungal.org\">https:\/\/www.curtjaimungal.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Ekkolapto! Ekkolapto is thinkubator that creates ecosystems for the most creatively intelligent to discuss their most unorthodox, interdisciplinary ideas to a critically receptive audience. Visit Ekkolapto at <a href=\"https:\/\/ekkolapto.org\">https:\/\/ekkolapto.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Links Mentioned:<br \/> Michael\u2019s paper on cognition \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/arti\">https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/arti<\/a>\u2026<br \/> Gabriele Carcassi Video \u2014 \u2022 Newtonian\/Lagrangian\/Hamiltonian mechanics\u2026<br \/> Michael Levin\u2019s blog post on advice \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/thoughtforms.life\/what-advice\">https:\/\/thoughtforms.life\/what-advice<\/a>\u2026<br \/> TOE ep with Levin, Tung and Gumuskaya \u2014 \u2022 New Groundbreaking Research, Anthrobots, H\u2026<br \/> TOE ep with Levin \u2014 \u2022 Unveiling the Mind-Blowing Biotech of Rege\u2026<br \/> TOE ep with Bach and Levin \u2014 \u2022 Michael Levin \u039b Joscha Bach: Collective In\u2026<br \/> TOE ep with Lang, Friston and Levin \u2014 \u2022 Levin \u039b Friston \u039b Fields: \\.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Levin is an American developmental and synthetic biologist at Tufts University, where he is the Vannevar Bush Distinguished Professor. Levin is a director of the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University and Tufts Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology. He is also co-director of the Institute for Computationally Designed Organisms with Josh Bongard. 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