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What Bodies Think About: Bioelectric Computation Outside the Nervous System - NeurIPS 2018

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Biology & biotechnologyNeuroscience & the brainConsciousness & cognition

What it is

Michael Levin's NeurIPS 2018 talk on bioelectric computation outside the nervous system, showing how cell electrical networks shape development and regeneration. It covers morphological information processing in living tissue.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN regularly calls it mind-blowing and recommends it as an introduction to Levin's work on bioelectricity and regeneration.

  • 12 people recommended it
  • 11 different months
  • 8 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “Possibly the most amazing talk I have ever seen.”

    Levin's talk on bioelectric computation in the body

    leesec, 2018-12 · Strong recommendation · in “On Having No Head: Cognition Throughout Biological Systems (2016)”

  2. “One of the most interesting talks of 2018.”

    Piqued interest despite no biology background

    gt5050, 2018-12 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: Best talks of 2018?”

  3. “He talks about how long term low energy electrical networks between all cells in living organisms shape how the organism grows.”

    How cell electrical networks shape organism growth

    aeleos, 2018-12 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: Best talks of 2018?”

  4. “one of the best talks I've ever seen was this 2018 talk on the subject.”

    Bioelectric patterns store information separate from genome

    suby, 2020-10 · Strong recommendation · in “The second decade of synthetic biology: 2010–2020”

  5. “I highly recommend this video from Levin. It was my introduction to his work.”

    Good introduction to Levin's work

    k2enemy, 2021-05 · Strong recommendation · in “Persuading the Body to Regenerate Its Limbs”

  6. “This talk of his blew my mind”

    Mind-blowing Levin talk

    7373737373, 2021-07 · Strong recommendation · in “Mike Levin on using bioelectricity to study how cells form (2019)”

  7. “First saw this talk from Michael Levin on HN a few years back and it blew my mind.”

    Mind-blowing talk that started following Levin

    Wherecombinator, 2023-10 · Strong recommendation

  8. “What Bodies Think About: Bioelectric Computation Outside the Nervous System talk by Prof. Michael Levin”

    Nominated as a tech talk everyone should see

    navinsylvester, 2019-01 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What tech talk does everyone need to see?”

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Topics: michael levin, bioelectricity, morphogenesis, regeneration, cognition

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