How to Save the Earth AND the Humans at the Same Time

20 years ago, I went to China and witnessed the pollution. The sun was a murky yellow haze. Six hours west of Shanghai, the countryside air was still drenched with smog.

I said to myself “If I wasn’t an environmentalist before, I sure am now.”

That said, the word “environmentalist” has become a shrill, self-righteous, strident hypocrisy where people obsessed with carbon credits appear to be more concerned about dogmas than people… Read more »

Did you know 67% of Americans think ChatGPT might be conscious? University of Waterloo survey.

What IS intelligence, anyway?

In 2024 it’s THE front-burner question.

Dr. Michael Levin at Tufts university is demolishing conventional notions of intelligence.

Re-framing AI, genetics, robotics, cancer, longevity. Identity and memory. I’ve interviewed him several times. He’s 20 years ahead of everyone.

Now the Institute of Art and Ideas (iai.tv) has thrown the two of us into the intellectual thunderdome.

Dr. Levin says our notions of intelligence are waaaay too narrow:

https://iai.tv/articles/patterns-are-alive-and-we-are-living-patterns-auid-2919?_auid=2020

I argued…

Yes, our ideas ARE too narrow…. but before we start looking for E.T. & other exotic life forms… first let’s notice the intelligences literally right under our nose:

https://iai.tv/articles/patterns-cant-explain-lifes-complexity-auid-2922?_auid=2020

Hold onto your neurons!

Podcast link: https://evo2.org/podcasts/discussions-about-science-philosophy-and-theology-interview-by-subboor-ahmad/

YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNw6gwzsHo8

“Where did life come from” is a vast mystery. We have only a smattering of clues. Attempts to reconstruct its beginnings have enjoyed scant success. To many, the sophistication and majesty of life itself leaves us awestruck and speaks to a divinely ordered cosmos. Yet the spirit of science is to understand the systems that drive it… not ascribe what we don’t yet understand to miracles.

How do we honor science and respect the mystery at the same time? Read more »

I interviewed Azra Raza four years ago, and we hit it off instantly. My number one question was,
“I read your book; it’s a scathing indictment of the cancer industry. How is it that your head isn’t on a stick somewhere?”

She replied, “It’s because they all know it’s true and they know if they try to challenge me, I’ll punch right back.”

So when Kevin Ham and I organized a fund-raising bike ride in Vancouver last September, we thought “Let’s have Azra share her unfiltered thoughts in a way she can’t on a podcast or social media.” I told everyone it would be like meeting Nelson Mandela or Mother Teresa 40 years ago.

A fortunate group of people joined us. Over the next few newsletters, I want to share Azra’s “Fireside Chat” from that fundraising event.

Read her chat and enjoy!

Forbes writer Andrea Morris recently interviewed Denis Noble and Joana Xavier about the revolution in evolution:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/andreamorris/2024/06/14/evolution-may-be-purposeful-and-its-freaking-scientists-out/

This is a fantastic review of the New Biology, aka “Evolution 2.0”

Must-watch video with Denis Noble by Andrea Morris [@DraisyMorris] explains how science got medicine’s most crucial model WRONG for 100 years:

Well-known biologist and author Sy Garte, author of the new book “Science and Faith in Harmony” joins Perry. They explore the alignment between science and faith and probe purpose in biology. They discuss the challenges of applying mathematical concepts to biological systems, recognizing that EVERY rule in biology has an exception. The two discuss changing norms in academic discourse, the new journal Biocosmos and “The Unreasonable Ineffectiveness of Mathematics in the Life Sciences.”

Podcast Link:
https://evo2.org/podcasts/the-reasonable-ineffectiveness-of-mathematics-in-the-life-sciences/

Sy’s book: https://amzn.to/49px5MD
Sy’s website: www.sygarte.com
Sy’s X feed: x.com/sygarte

Perry Marshall spoke at the Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics 21st annual conference in Los Angeles, 16 March 2024. He describes how outdated textbook evolution is inhibiting research and keeping us stuck in the old, gene-centric paradigm, and how the Polyploid Giant Cancer Cell model, advocated at a recent conference at MD Anderson in Houston, is a far more elegant model for detecting and treating cancer at the very earliest stages.

Podcast link: https://evo2.org/podcasts/detecting-cancer-at-stage-negative-one-perry-marshall-at-sbmt/

Ask Evolution 2.0 a question!

The EV2.0 chatbot is trained on the content of the book Evolution 2.0, Perry Marshall’s published scientific papers, and the $10M prize document:

Click on the link, enter your email and ask your questions:

tinyurl.com/ev2GPT

(Opens in a new window. Only works on Desktop at this time.)

You can ask it questions like “How does DNA work?”

“How did the Evolution 2.0 project begin?”

“Explain evolution so 10 year old would understand”

“How do you win the $10 million prize?”

“What role does God play in science?”

“Where did life come from?”

“How do viruses evolve?”

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