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/