tag > Evolution
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We are so much more than brains
While the human brain with its 86 billion neurons is fascinating, the human body with its 30 trillion cells is even more amazing. It's estimated to contain 39 trillion bacteria, which means we're only about 43% "Human". Our understanding of such complex ecosystems is very limited
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Terrence McKenna's Stoned Ape Theory - Did psilocybin mushrooms help evolve human consciousness?
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Map shows that giraffes in various parts of Africa have different patterns. Wonder if that's the case for other animals too? (Source)
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Eating viruses can power growth, reproduction of microorganism: Researchers have discovered the first known "virovore," an organism that feeds on viruses. Probably there are many others like it -- an entire, previously unknown food chain.
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"Mankind had been doomed from the start." - Generative AI Art by WeavingWithAI
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“You will hear people talk about intuition as our sixth sense. No, it is our first sense.” - Edgar Mitchell
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Things science communities (machine learning, neuroscience, ecology, etc) might focus on next:
- The nature of memory as a massively decentralized phenomenon throughout nature. With a particular focus on memory formation and dynamics in mediums like water, electromagnetic fields, ecosystems and (human) bodies.
- The nature of unconventional computing (none silicon based, wetlands-, planetary-, universe-scale, etc.) and the capacity for awareness and agency in emergent complex networks.
- The nature of "randomness" and serendipity in decision-making across diverse (life) forms, with a special focus on awareness, attention and intention of the (animal) observer.
- The nature of relaxation in relation to tension - or put differently, trust/faith/flow VS control/optimization/compression.
- The nature of love and life in relation to theories of evolution and entropy (syntropy etc.).
- The nature of what does any of this even mean, if we embody infinity & non-linear time?
#ML #Evolution #Science #Nature #Complexity #Generative #Ideas
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The breakdown of the classical scientific model continues:
Does Quantum Mechanics Reveal That Life Is But a Dream?
"Life is a joke, and the joke is on you if you believe otherwise."
Study provides first evidence of non-random mutations in DNA
"This goes against one of the key assumptions of the theory of evolution."
Roboticists discover alternative physics
"There are alternative ways to describe the universe and it is quite possible that our choices aren't perfect."
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Nature-deficit disorder - the idea that human beings, especially children, are spending less time outdoors, and the belief that this change results in a wide range of behavioral problems.
