BioHackers Podcast
Welcome to the BioHackers Podcast! Every few weeks, David and Alex welcome a world-class scientists to explore interesting topics within the AI and BioHacker movement, including Generative AI, Chaos Theory, AI in Biosciences, Climate Change, Advancements in EdTech and BioHackathons. BioHackers are a community of digital biotechnicians dedicated to solving many of the world’s toughest problems by closing the data-driven R&D workforce demand gap. This ecosystem of skilled data workers work together to mitigate climate change, inequality in education, cancer, hunger, cultural resilience, and global digital transformation.
BioHackers Podcast
BioHackers Podcast Ep. 5 – Emergence of Psychohistory featuring Ken Matusow
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/