Evolutionary Cybernetics: Questioning Carbon Chauvinism

Alex Vikoulov
5 min readJan 20, 2021
Adapted from The Syntellect Hypothesis: Five Paradigms of the Mind’s Evolution by Alex M. Vikoulov

“Carbon appears to be the chemical element best suited to act as the building block for the type of complex molecular systems that develop lifelike qualities… However, it is carbon chauvinism to assume that only carbon life is possible.” -Victor…

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Alex Vikoulov

Futurist, Evolutionary Cyberneticist, Philosopher of Mind, Best-Selling Author, Filmmaker