Evolution and thought are the same process. It's funny how many people still don't get that. Gregory Bateson wrote about it in the 1970's. "Steps to and Ecology of Mind"; "Mind and Nature: a Necessary Unity"
Yes, thanks for asking, although I recommend reading the two books I mentioned by Bateson. He was an anthropologist who famously got into Cybernetics.
There are (at least) two ways to come at this, the physical-material and informational-metaphysical.
The physical-material level is being explored by Levin et. al. ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18736698 start here.) In brief, the bio-molecular machinery that our nerves use to think is present in all cells, intelligence is ambient, and we humans are nodes of accelerated processing, like Gaia's datacenter, if you will. Another way to say it is that all life thinks, and thinking is like respiration or digestion or anything else: cells evolving.
The metaphysical level is covered by Bateson (he is applying Cybernetics to evolution) and is more difficult to summarize. I just thought about it and I don't think I'm up to the challenge this morning. I'm sorry. :( But you can read the books! :)
That video by Michael Levin is one of the most idea rich, mindblowing research content filled presentation that i have ever seen in my life. I need to rewatch this a few more times and take notes for further research/study. Leaps of imagination and insight all backed by Hard Science.
Thank you for posting the link.
I need more videos/articles/books on GeneticEngineering/StemcellEngineering/Biochemistry/Bioenergetics/Neuroscience/Immunology and basically all frontiers of Biology.
