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September 18, 2024·46 min

Michael Levin — The Bioelectric Basis of Morphogenetic Intelligence (2024)

Levin on how bioelectric patterns carry the memory of form and guide morphogenesis — cells 'know' the target geometry before the corresponding genes are activated.

The Levin lab (Tufts) shows that the bioelectric network in tissues works as a pattern-memory layer parallel to the genetic code. In this picture, cancer reads as a deviation from the tissue's collective target.

Why it matters for Neural Cosmology: direct support for one of the five anomalies — computational structure operates at the cellular level the same way it does in the cortex and the cosmic web. Universal network organisation across scales.

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