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Speakers to include:
Alan Guth, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Andreas Albrecht, University of California, Davis
Andrew Briggs, University of Oxford
Anita Goel, Nanobiosym
Anthony Aguirre, University of California, Santa Cruz
Anton Zeilinger, VQC (via Skype)
Caslav Brukner, University of Vienna, IQOQC
Christof Koch, Allen Institute for Brain Science, California Institute of Technology
Gerardo Adesso, University of Nottingham
Giulio Tononi, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Ian Durham, Saint Anselm College
Max Tegmark, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Paul Davies, Arizona State University, Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science
Raphael Bousso, University of California, Berkeley
Raymond Laflamme, University of Waterloo
Scott Aaronson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sean Carroll, California Institute of Technology
Seth Lloyd, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Susanne Still, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Wojciech Zurek, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Yasunori Nomura, University of California, Berkeley
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Adam Brown
Adrian Kent
Alan Guth
Alex Vikman
Alex Vilenkin
Amedeo Balbi
Andreas Albrecht
Andrew Briggs
Andrew Hamilton
Angelo Bassi
Anita Goel
Anthony Aguirre
Ben Shlaer
Bill Poirier
Brendan Foster
Bruce McWilliams
Carlo Rovelli
Caslav Brukner
Cecilia Flori
Chris Adami
Christof Koch
Corinne Manogue
Craig Hogan
Curt Widdoes
Daniel Darg
David Craig
David Finkelstein
David Lowe
David Rideout
David Tong
Diego Blas
Dmitry Budker
Don Page
Elizabeth Koch
Eric Weinstein
Eugene Lim
Everard Findlay
Farzad Nekoogar
Federico Faggin
Francesca Vidotto
Fred Adams
George Musser
Gerardo Adesso
Gheorghe Sorin Paraoanu
Giacomo D’Ariano
Giulio Tononi
Hector Zenil
Hendrik Ulbricht
Howard Barnum
Ian Durham
Jaan Tallinn
James Weatherall
Jeff Tollaksen
Jennifer Ouellette
Jeremy Butterfield
John Putman
John Steele
Jos Uffink
Keith Woolcock
Ken Wharton
Kevin Knuth
Larissa Albantakis
Laurance Doyle
Luis Garay
Marcelo Gleiser
Marcin Pawlowski
Markus Mueller
Matthew Pusey
Matthew Putman
Max Tegmark
Melanie Swan
Michael Moyer
Michael Vassar
Michele Reilly
Mina Aganagic
Molly Findlay
Olimpia Lombardi
Paul Davies
Peter Thiel
Raphael Bousso
Raymond Laflamme
Robert L. Kuhn
Sarah Hreha
Sean Carroll
Seth Lloyd
Scott Aaronson
Simon DeDeo
Spiros Michalakis
Stephon Alexander
Steve Giddings
Steven Gratton
Steven Savitt
Steven Weinstein
Susanna Still
Tevian Dray
Tony Short
Valerie Jamieson
Wayne Myrvold
William Wootters
Wojciech Zurek
Yasunori Nomura
Yong-Shi Wu
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PressRelease: Shining a light on the roots of plant “intelligence”
All living organisms emit a low level of light radiation, but the origin and function of these ‘biophotons’ are not yet fully understood. An international team of physicists, funded by the Foundational Questions Institute, FQxI, has proposed a new approach for investigating this phenomenon based on statistical analyses of this emission. Their aim is to test whether biophotons can play a role in the transport of information within and between living organisms, and whether monitoring biophotons could contribute to the development of medical techniques for the early diagnosis of various diseases. Their analyses of the measurements of the faint glow emitted by lentil seeds support models for the emergence of a kind of plant ‘intelligence,’ in which the biophotonic emission carries information and may thus be used by plants as a means to communicate. The team reported this and reviewed the history of biophotons in an article in the journal Applied Sciences in June 2024.