Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
#biology #agency #agential #loveandphilosophy #popper
Charlie Munford discusses fatherhood and kids’ creativity, then shares an adventure-filled background from public school in Jackson, Mississippi, to paddling to Hudson Bay, studying literature at Yale, and later farming and running a New Orleans wild boar sausage business. After the business failed amid divorce, a cancer scare, and other crises, he pursued questions about chronic disease and “biological agency,” leading to his role as president of the Agential Biology Institute (ABI). He argues mainstream gene-centered biology misses a causal layer that gives cells intentional direction, citing evidence for acquired, heritable change (horizontal gene transfer, planaria pattern memory, small-RNA inheritance in worms and mammals, and maternal grooming effects) and discussing natural selection, Lamarckism, Popperian falsification, and openness to new testable theories such as “episolution.” He closes with themes of humility, care, and a story about his daughter meeting otters at a Belgian zoo.
#biology #agency #agential #loveandphilosophy #popper
Charlie Munford discusses fatherhood and kids’ creativity, then shares an adventure-filled background from public school in Jackson, Mississippi, to paddling to Hudson Bay, studying literature at Yale, and later farming and running a New Orleans wild boar sausage business. After the business failed amid divorce, a cancer scare, and other crises, he pursued questions about chronic disease and “biological agency,” leading to his role as president of the Agential Biology Institute (ABI). He argues mainstream gene-centered biology misses a causal layer that gives cells intentional direction, citing evidence for acquired, heritable change (horizontal gene transfer, planaria pattern memory, small-RNA inheritance in worms and mammals, and maternal grooming effects) and discussing natural selection, Lamarckism, Popperian falsification, and openness to new testable theories such as “episolution.” He closes with themes of humility, care, and a story about his daughter meeting otters at a Belgian zoo.
