Joana Xavier is a rising star in the Origin of Life field. She is a researcher at University College London. She recently authored a paper with Stuart Kauffman on autocatalytic networks which are nature’s version of M.C. Escher’s hand drawing a hand. We discuss the uneasy relationship between professional scientists and Intelligent Design and then go on to discuss conflicts in academia, science funding and publishing.

Joana’s Website: https://jcxavier.org/
Joana’s paper: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1098/rsta.2021.0244

Podcast: https://evo2.org/podcasts/the-biggest-mystery-in-the-history-of-the-universe/

When Perry’s brother quit his missionary job and abandoned his Christian faith, this plunged Perry into a deep crisis of questioning everything himself. He decided to put Christian beliefs on the biggest public anvil he could find and invite the whole world to swing a hammer.

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There are very very few people who can slice through the jargon of molecular biology and explain how cells talk to each other in a way that a highschool student can understand. But Jon Lieff has done exactly that and his book, NAME, is a guided tour of a microscopic world that is bursting with life… and stories…This book may change the way you see everything.

Podcast Link: https://evo2.org/podcasts/an-invisible-world-buzzing-with-communication-and-excitement-jon-lieff-md/

Jon Lieff’s Website: https://jonlieffmd.com/

Jon Lieff’s Book: The Secret Language of Cells

Interview with Damien Deighan of Data Science Conversations: In this episode we are joined by Perry Marshall to talk about his latest scientific paper entitled “Biology Transcends the Limits of Computation”. We also discuss his $10 million Evolution 2.0 Science Prize, which is the largest prize in the world in science currently.

His paper – https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0079610721000365 – pushes the boundaries in the field of evolutionary biology and his science prize is driving some truly fascinating and thought provoking implications for the development of strong AI.

Podcast link: https://datascienceconversations.com/podcasts/perry-marshall-why-evolutionary-biology-has-big-implications-for-future-ai-development/

Rich Jacobs indulged his fascination with technology by starting a podcast called Finding Genius. He didn’t know that it would end up taking him into hundreds of specialties in science, technology, and medicine.

His book titled Finding Genius: Understanding Viruses: 30 Questions, 25 Geniuses, 100 Amazing Insights is a beautifully edited compilation of Q&A from some of the best virus people in the world. Here we explore what Rich discovered about viruses and their experts.

Podcast link: https://evo2.org/podcasts/viruses-and-what-rich-jacobs-discovered-from-interviewing-3000-experts/

John Sonmez of Bulldog Mindset Talks with Perry Marshall about…Biology.

John Sonmez interviews Perry Marshall and they discuss why it’s impossible for computers in their current form to become conscious; how modern mathematics speaks in a new way to age-old questions about free will; the nature of consciousness; the origin of life and the very nature of reality itself. All this is based on Perry’s paper “Biology transcends the limits of computation.”

Podcast link: https://evo2.org/podcasts/siri-is-not-going-to-wake-up-any-soon-john-sonmez-of-bulldog-mindset-talks-with-perry-marshall-aboutbiology/

Dean Radin discusses his new paper co-authored with Stuart Kauffman

Psychic phenomena have been meticulously documented in hundreds of controlled studies since the 1880s. Mainstream science publications resist acknowledging this but the quality and quantity of evidence is overwhelming.

Dean Radin, who has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a PhD in Psychology, began discovering this decades ago and founded the Institute for Noetic Sciences.

He recently joined forces with eminent scientist Stuart Kauffman to harmonize the observations with quantum theory.

Is Brain-Mind Quantum? A theory and supporting evidence

Paper published in Biosystems
Preprint on Arxiv server (open access)

Commenting on the Guardian’s recent article by Stephen Buranyi, Israeli chemist Addy Pross, an Evolution 2.0 podcast guest, wrote to me, saying: Read more »

Perry and Rabbi Adam Jacobs discuss the Origin of Life Challenge, the debate between creationism and Neo-Darwinism, how to decide between the two theories of evolution, if intelligent design contradicts Darwinism and so much more.

Interview Link: https://aish.com/evolution-2-0-the-coming-darwinian-revolution/

The Guardian ran an excellent article on the revolution that is happening in evolutionary biology: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jun/28/do-we-need-a-new-theory-of-evolution

This revolution is very much underway. The trickle turned into a flood in 2016 at the Royal Society. An article like this should have appeared in the Guardian afterward in November 2016 but didn’t. In fact, very little was said about it in the mainstream press and the news is coming six years later. New thinking is replacing old in other specialties much faster than it is taking place in evolutionary biology. For example, cancer, embryonic development and consciousness.

I am shocked at the low level of explanatory power that traditional evolutionists are content with. As you see in the article, it doesn’t bother them that they can’t explain the developmental process of eyes or wings or any other complex trait. I’m astounded that they’re happy with that. But the conflict comes from people whose standards are much higher.

In future blogs, I will also report on Denis Noble’s debate with Richard Dawkins at the How the Light Gets In festival which was eye opening to say the least. I predict that during the next 20 years, most of what textbooks define as “evolution” will be completely replaced with new systems and mechanisms. This will, in turn, lead to significant advances in treating cancer, disease, and birth defects.

Enjoy this well-written article by Stephen Buranyi in the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jun/28/do-we-need-a-new-theory-of-evolution

Perry Marshall