Month: September 2022

BACTERIAL LEARNING. “Whilst clearly not a neuronal process and not learning in the sense of more complicated organisms it is also important to note that bacteria have at least some of the characteristics related to “learning”. That is why bacterial social intelligence can be estimated by their ability to communicate, sense their environment and adapt accordingly.”" "(Chapter 10) https://lnkd.in/dH829kt View in LinkedIn

BACTERIAL IQ. “Bacteria enriched with specific set of “tools” (such as TCS, TF, Transport, and defense related genes) has a greater potential to survive in highly fluctuating environments, led to the notion that the combined score reflecting the enrichment of these “tools”, can be used as a measure for the “Bacteria IQ”. " "(Chapter 10) https://lnkd.in/dH829kt View in LinkedIn

SO ENDS this brief snippet on the communication skills of bacteria. In searches for extraterrestrial life, communication should be one of the earliest search parameters, whether by sound, motion, chemicals or electronic waves. No creature exists alone, and the ability to communicate is fundamental to every life form. View in LinkedIn

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EXCELLENT GRAPHIC on the history of pandemics. Covid-19 is a minor player. Despite the tragedy, we got lucky this time, as it could have been something far, far worse. And with no doubt, there will be more. Will we have learned this time to be prepared? https://lnkd.in/duQKXFC View in LinkedIn

TERRA INFORMA. “Ninety-eight percent of data transmitted today is in a language almost no one spoke 30 years ago. We’re in a similar period now. But this revolution will be more widespread because this is software that writes its own hardware." (Juan Enriquez). https://lnkd.in/dKSv-YU View in LinkedIn

TECHNOLOGY. "It will change even basic questions like sex. There used to be one way to have a baby. Now there are at least 17. We have decoupled sex from time. You can have a baby in nine months, or you can freeze sperm or a fertilized egg and implant it in 10 years or 100 years. You can create an animal from one of its cells. You can begin to alter reproductive cells. By the time you put this together, you’ve fundamentally changed how you reproduce and the rules for reproduction." (Juan Enriquez). https://lnkd.in/dKSv-YU View in LinkedIn

PETER DIAMANDIS is Chairman and CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation, best known for its $10 million Ansari X PRIZE for private spaceflight; Co-Founder and Vice-Chairman of Human Longevity Inc.; Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Singularity University; Co-Founder/Co-Chairman of Planetary Resources; Co-Founder of Space Adventures and Zero-Gravity Corporation; he earned an undergraduate degree in Molecular Genetics and a graduate degree in Aerospace Engineering from the MIT, and his M.D. from Harvard Medical School; his mission is to open the space frontier for humanity.” http://diamandis.com/about View in LinkedIn