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medbud t1_j72yxbh wrote

Reply to comment by ncastleJC in What makes humans unique is not reducible to our brains or biology, but how we make sense of experience | Raymond Tallis by IAI_Admin

You've misunderstood Levin a bit. His claim is that environment guides cellular development. Specifically, intercellular electrical gradients.

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ncastleJC t1_j733cg9 wrote

If you watch his podcast with Lex Friedman he doesn’t really make this claim. I would have to listen back but he doesn’t come to a complete conclusion as he is asked about the nature va nurture debate in it as well. Unless he’s updated the way he explains it in more recent talks since.

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medbud t1_j73qc8q wrote

This contains lots of details...https://youtu.be/RwEKg5cjkKQ

He's basically on the same page as Friston with Active Inference and the Free Energy Principle...I can't quite tell what that means in terms of philosophical claims.

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