Alan Turing published a paper on chemical morphogenesis (self-organization of embryos from chemicals) in addition to his work on computation and machine intelligence, suggesting he recognized a profound connection between body self-assembly and mind origin, although he did not explicitly write about this connection.
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Michael LevinEvidence Quote
“he also published this paper called the chemical basis of morphogenesis...the process by which your body was self-organized from a bunch of chemicals...is uh very closely related in a profound way to the question of where Minds come from”
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Where Minds Come From: The Scaling of Collective Intelligence, AI, and You | Michael Levin Lecture— Dr Tevin NaiduCreated: 8/10/2026, 10:46:30 PM
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