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/