Cells to civilizations with Enrico Coen
This episode is with Enrico Coen. He is a plant biologist and geneticist at John Innes Centre. Enrico's work has focused on unraveling the intricate genetic and molecular mechanisms that govern the formation and growth of plants. He is the author of two books, namely, 'Cells to civilizations' and 'Art of genes'. In this conversation we talk about major transitions in biology, emergence of complexity, evolution of life, drivers of evolution, evolution of brains, Intelligence and science.
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00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:04 Major transformations of life
00:14:12 What is science and how it works?
00:16:22 Can science help us to study fundamental nature of reality?
00:30:07 Do we need an absolutist view of science?
00:37:14 What are the commonalities between evolution, development, culture and learning?
00:44:32 Role of parasites in the evolution of life
00:47:49 Survival of the fittest
00:53:07 Natural selection at the level of replicators
00:58:46 Level at which evolution works (genes or cells)
01:09:47 Concept of memes
01:16:00 Why religion has been successful?
01:25:45 Crucial elements of scientific method
01:32:50 Importance of self-doubt
01:36:10 Covid-19 pandemic and science
01:40:00 Science and art
01:48:09 Future writing
01:50:12 Thank you!
Music by: Ahmed Hassan (https://www.youtube.com/@2ays577/featured)