10 years ago Denis Noble had a standoff with 23 Royal Society Fellows and it took a minor miracle for his 2016 Evolution conference to take place.
That once conference radically shifted the field. Denis is a physiologist famous for figuring out how the cardiac rhythm works. He knocked out genes to figure out how the heart works and just from that information alone realized the standard evolution model could not possibly be right.
This conference connects people from a dozen other disciplines who are together creating an entirely new model of evolution. This conference brings together people from…
cancer research
evolutionary biology
philosophy of science
artificial intelligence
plant genetics
neuroscience
chemistry
and cognitive psychology….
…Felds that rarely share the same room, much less agree on fundamental questions about how life works.
-Cognition is central, and goes all the way down to the cellular level (and possibly below). Intelligence is everywhere in the organism.
-Biological Relativity: Just as there is no “center of the universe” (because time and space are curved) there is no absolute beginning or end of any process in biology. A heart is NOT like a watch. Nothing in biology perfectly fits the neat labels we put on them.
The following speakers bring their interdisciplinary insights:
-Michael Levin – the generation of features in embryos requires collective cellular intelligence which navigates the space of anatomical possibilities. It’s nothing like a “computer program.” Xenobots and Anthrobots engineer goal-seeking system with zero historical precedent. Cells learn and problem-solve; evolution operates differently on intelligent matter versus hardwired mechanisms.
-Henry Heng is one of the most brilliant cancer researchers I’ve ever met. He determined from his cancer research alone that the standard evolution story could not possibly be right. His book “Genome Chaos” is a tour de force.
-James Shapiro has been my personal mentor for 15 years. Has consistently been 20-30 years ahead of everyone.
-Eva Jablonka, Extended evolutionary synthesis architect.
-Addy Pross – one of the most forward-thinking chemists on the scene, discussing Dynamic Kinetic Stability.
-Oded Rechavi – knows more about the c elegans worm than anyone else on the planet. Has studied the instantaneous evolutionary adaptations of these worms (which are nearly everywhere in the world). Adaptations are passed to generations WITHOUT dna changes, sometimes in minutes.
Yet you will find profound agreement and a brilliant synthesis of ideas.
Join me 7-9 January in Oxford.
Note: Onsite participation has reached maximum capacity but the online participation is open and has no limit.
https://oxford2025evolutionconference.com/
See you there –
Perry Marshall
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