BioHackers Podcast

BioHackers Podcast Ep. 5 – Emergence of Psychohistory featuring Ken Matusow

David James Clarke IV and Alex Feltus featuring Ken Matusow Season 1 Episode 5

Welcome to Episode 5 of the BioHackers Podcast!

In this episode, David and Alex welcome famous inventor and systems theorist Ken Matusow to the show. Together, they discuss the emergence of quantum mechanics as a tool for curing cancer, the power of imaginary numbers, the New Renaissance, quantum weirdness, and valuable life lessons learned from Isaac Asimov’s Foundation trilogy. 

Watch the Video Podcast on YouTube: https://youtu.be/isBLpZwArgc 

Here is a list of topics: 

  • Welcome to Episode 5 (00:00)
  • Complexity: The New Renaissance (01:32)
  • How Can Quantum Mechanics Explain Biology? (06:21)
  • Welcome Ken to the Show (09:50)
  • Ken’s Story: Serendipity and Silicon Valley (11:50)
  • The New Renaissance and Deeper Truth (18:05)
  • Quantum Mechanics as a Tool for Curing Cancer (25:14)
  • Tricorder: 4-Dimensional Tools to Understand Complexity (35:10)
  • Foundation 2022: Paper 1 – Uncertainty (39:25)
  • Quantum Weirdness: Nature Isn’t Weird (44:29)
  • The New Renaissance: Education Transformation (47:26)
  • Foundation 2022: Paper 2 – Nentropy (54:47)
  • How To Roll 20,000 Dice (01:00:47)
  • Foundation 2022: Paper 3 – Predicate (01:07:01)
  • Psychohistory: Ability to Understand our New Reality (01:12:45)
  • Supercomputer-powered Systems Biology (01:14:40)
  • What is a BioHacker to You? (01:19:20)  
  • Closing Thoughts (01:24:00)

Enjoy the Show!

Link to Alex’s Paper on Quantum Mechanics in Cancer: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29802335/ 

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