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The strange science experiment that blew a worm’s head off… and blew our minds.
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Michael Levin, a developmental biologist at Tufts University, challenges conventional notions of intelligence, arguing that it is inherently collective rather than individual.
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.
Levin emphasizes that properly recognizing intelligence, which spans different scales of existence, is vital for understanding life’s 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.
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Super interesting! Im a big proponent for recognizing conciousness, intellegence, and even life as a spectrum. Humans are naturally biased towards our own type of intellegence but there is so much more out there.
Recognizing the diversity of intellegence opens up so many new possibilities for us to gain new insight into the world and ourselves.
I also really like how the theory highlights the importance of cooperation in life/intellgence. Its through many types of intellegences working together that life is able to do so many miraculous things.