Assistant Professor Damian Kelty-Stephen on understanding complex behaviors such as movement, language, and perception.
Traditional cognitive science often views organisms as having a centralized controller in the brain to govern behavior. But what if we could better understand organisms as collective intelligences, exhibiting behaviors we typically associate with swarm organisms, like bees? In this episode, we discuss intelligence without a central controller and intelligence beyond brains. We explore how complex behaviors might be explained without centralized control systems. We also touch on the importance of neurons, the intelligence of cells, and compare biological with technological intelligence. Find Damian’s Work:
- A lecture by Dr. Kelty-Stephen related to this podcast:
“Multifractal social psychology” – a … - Dr. Kelty-Stephen’s website: https://sites.google.com/site/foovian/
TIMESTAMPS:
- 00:00 Start
- 00:22 Explaining the complexity of movement
- 05:03 Cognition without a central controller
- 13:15 Intelligence beyond brains
- 21:48 Biological vs. technological intelligence
- 28:19 Multifractal social psychology
- 38:52 Measuring multifractality
- 49:16 Nations as collective intelligences
- 50:57 Understanding speech
