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Forms of life, forms of mind | Dr. Michael Levin | Are we too part of a greater collective intelligence? How would we know?

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Some musings on the question of whether our origins as a collective intelligence implies that we too could be part of an even greater collective, and how we might know it.

Forms of life, forms of mind | Dr. Michael Levin | Are we too part of a greater collective intelligence? How would we know? Creative writing , Science/philosophy content , Text Are we too part of a greater collective intelligence? How would we know? Published by Mike Levin on March 12, 2024 I have written a lot about the fact that biological systems, like us, are basically collective intelligences. We are made of many cells, each of which has competencies and agendas of their own; our research program involves the cognitive glue mechanisms that bind their goal-seeking behavior into a cohesive

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