Entangled Health with Thomas Ehmer | Quantum Biology, Consciousness & the Future of Medicine

Carlo D’Amore is the founder and creative director of Live in Theater, a New York interactive-theatre company creating immersive true-crime mysteries, trials, and audience-led performances.

In this episode of Entangled Health, Carlo joins physicist Thomas Ehmer to explain how interactive theatre helps adults play again, collaborate under uncertainty, and build connection through shared experience.

What is the difference between immersive theatre and interactive theatre? Carlo defines immersive theatre as entering a constructed world, while interactive theatre makes the audience’s choices and conversations part of the performance itself. At Live in Theater, audiences become investigators, jurors, witnesses, and co-creators as they solve fictionalised or real-case-inspired mysteries together.

Thomas and Carlo discuss why true crime works as a participatory format; how performers create high stakes without a fixed script; what happens when groups must listen, improvise, and take social risks; and why adults often lose the ability to play freely. They also explore a harder creative question: when does protecting an audience from discomfort begin to diminish the transformative potential of art?

Topics in this conversation:

• What immersive theatre and interactive theatre mean
• How Live in Theater creates participatory true-crime experiences
• Audience co-creation, improvisation, and group dynamics
• Adult play, curiosity, courage, and social connection
• Why uncertainty makes participation meaningful
• The ethics of discomfort, care, and creative freedom
• Carlo’s Panic in Needle Park-inspired performance and empathy

About Carlo D’Amore: Carlo D’Amore is an actor, storyteller, and the founder and creative director of Live in Theater, an interactive theatre and gaming company based in New York City.

Live In Theater: https://www.liveintheater.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liveintheater

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlodamore-creator/

Entangled Health with Thomas Ehmer is a long-form podcast and research-media project exploring quantum biology, quantum computing, AI, biotechnology, consciousness research, and the future of medicine. We distinguish established evidence, emerging research, and frontier hypotheses.

Start here: https://thomasehmer1.substack.com/about
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Host & Guests

• Thomas Ehmer - Host
• Carlo D'Amore - Guest

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Chapters
0:00 Immersive theatre as a social nervous system
2:04 What Entangled Health explores
5:02 What interactive theatre really means
9:45 Why small teams solve mysteries better
11:04 How adults learn to play again
12:32 Making the audience feel inside the story
17:12 Uncertainty and live performance (metaphor)
18:12 Three-act mystery structure for interactive shows
20:17 How actors guide every type of participant
23:07 From actor to founder: creating Live in Theater
24:18 Panic in Needle Park immersive work
27:10 Performing addiction in a real New York park
30:14 Why nobody makes eye contact in New York
32:47 Empathy, arrest scenes, and two endings
35:01 Can immersive theatre educate doctors?
35:53 Discomfort, empathy, and understanding
37:43 Audience safety, trauma, and artistic risk
39:46 Defending creative freedom in interactive work
45:09 When the audience becomes the spectacle
47:02 How a neighbourhood joins the show
48:42 Building community through play
50:41 Bringing La Movida to Madrid
51:06 Observer effect and improvised stories
52:57 How the mystery reaches its final act
54:23 When the audience goes off script
55:03 Chaos in the streets: cabs, Chinatown, choices
57:35 Interactive theatre for young audiences
59:16 How Carlo challenges himself
60:25 The practice of being present
62:26 Extreme sports, focus, and live performance
64:59 Holding attention in a chaotic city
67:19 Can interactive theatre work online?
69:22 Agency and attention in virtual events
70:35 Where to find Live in Theater
72:03 Corporate, hybrid, and global experiences
73:04 Take the leap before you feel ready

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Entangled Health with Thomas Ehmer is a long-form podcast and research-media project exploring quantum biology, quantum computing, AI, biotechnology, consciousness research, and the future of medicine. We distinguish established evidence, emerging research, and frontier hypotheses.

In this episode of Entangled Health, we explore microbial bioelectronics with Princeton’s Joshua T. Atkinson to understand how living cells are being engineered as fast, responsive biosensors for our water infrastructure. Instead of forcing metal and silicon into wet tissue, Josh’s lab asks a different question: What if the biology itself is the wire? We discuss how bacteria move electrons outside their cells, how these pathways can be engineered to detect pollutants, and where quantum effects like spin filtering appear in living biofilms.

Key Concepts Explained:

• Conductive Biofilms: Communities of microbes that use shared protein pathways to behave like living electronic materials, capable of carrying current across micrometer scales.

• Extracellular Electron Transfer: The biological process where certain bacteria move electrons from inside the cell to external surfaces like minerals or electrodes.

• Spin Filters in Biology: The phenomenon where multi-heme cytochromes in bacterial wires selectively bias the spin of electrons passing through them, hinting at quantum effects in biology.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• How Josh Atkinson's group engineers Shewanella and Geobacter pathways to turn microbes into active circuit components.
• The mechanics of building a biosensor that detects endocrine-disrupting chemicals like bisphenol A in minutes.
• The role of multi-heme cytochromes acting as spin filters, and how magnetic fields change electron transfer rates in biofilms.
• Why the analogy of "biofilms as doped semiconducting channels" bridges biology and electrical engineering.
• The practical scaling limits of living electronics and why environmental sensing is the strongest near-term application.

Timestamps:
[00:00:00] Cold Open: Biosensors for endocrine disruptors
[00:02:15] From deep-sea quorum sensing to microbial electrochemistry
[00:14:30] How Shewanella and Geobacter build living nanowires
[00:26:40] Building biosensors for bisphenol A and breast-cancer drugs
[00:38:15] Spin filtering and magnetic field effects in cytochromes
[00:51:20] Treating biofilms as doped semiconducting channels
[01:05:10] The limits of scale and the future of living infrastructure

Further Reading & Deep Dive:
Read the full web-only Research Companion for this episode, detailing the hypotheses, mechanisms, and failure modes of living electronics: https://thomasehmer1.substack.com/p/bioelectronics-living-wires-microbial-electrochemistry

Host & Guests

• Thomas Ehmer - Host
• Joshua Atkinson - Guest

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The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in this episode are those of the host and guest speaking in their personal capacities and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of their respective employers, organizations, committees (including IEEE), or companies.

Medical Disclaimer:
This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. The discussion regarding lithium isotopes, biology, and mental health is based on theoretical quantum chemistry and physics, not clinical medical advice. Nothing in this episode should be taken as a recommendation to alter medication or treatment plans. Always seek the advice of your physician or qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

Entangled Health with Thomas Ehmer is a long-form podcast and research-media project exploring quantum biology, quantum computing, AI, biotechnology, consciousness research, and the future of medicine.
We distinguish established evidence, emerging research, and frontier hypotheses.
Lawrence Gasman has spent decades tracking the commercial reality of new technologies across networking, photonics, AI, and quantum. But what happens when the world you are paid to model no longer feels like the whole world?

In this episode, we start with the medium-term commercial applications of quantum AI and quantum robotics. From there, the conversation slips into the unexpected. We trace Lawrence’s early encounters with the students of Alan Turing and the philosophy of Gödel, before moving into the raw phenomenology of his own out-of-body experiences and hospital-induced altered states.

It is a conversation about holding the tension between a highly rigorous economic lens and the deeply unsettling realization that reality, intelligence, and consciousness are far fuzzier than our categories suggest. We live inside the contradiction, looking at the limits of artificial intelligence, the measurement problem, and the philosophical legacy of Brian Josephson.

In this episode, we explore:

• The commercial trajectory of quantum AI and robotics
• Turing, Gödel, and the legacy of philosophy in mathematics
• How out-of-body experiences challenge a materialist worldview
• The intersection of quantum mechanics, biology, and consciousness (the Josephson influence)
• Why current LLMs lack the existential grounding of embodied consciousness

Chapter Markers:
00:00 – Cold Open: An Out-of-Body Experience
01:02 – Host Intro: The Commercial vs. The Unknown
03:50 – The Commercial Reality of Quantum AI and Robotics
09:50 – Manchester, Alan Turing, and Gödel's Theorem
16:03 – Anomalous Experiences and Fuzzy Reality
30:19 – Brian Josephson, Collapse, and Biology
40:53 – Subjective Realization and Shifting Frequencies
01:08:48 – ChatGPT, Embodiment, and the Physics of Information
01:12:17 – Closing Thoughts

Host & Guests

• Thomas Ehmer - Host
• Lawrence Gasman - Guest

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This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. The discussion regarding drug use during a bypass operation as a subjective experience. Nothing in this episode should be taken as a recommendation to alter medication or treatment plans. Always seek the advice of your physician or qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

Entangled Health with Thomas Ehmer is a long-form podcast and research-media project exploring quantum biology, quantum computing, AI, biotechnology, consciousness research, and the future of medicine.
We distinguish established evidence, emerging research, and frontier hypotheses.

Laís Lopes is an electrochemist, graphene specialist, and co-founder and CTO of Qnity, a Brazilian deep-tech startup building a new kind of molecular sensor, one that reads binding events directly at the electron level, in real blood and plasma, without fluorescent labels or amplification steps.

In this conversation, we follow her path from hydrogels to graphene to quantum electrochemistry, and into the lab on a night in 2020 when she took real COVID samples, ran them through her graphene sensor, and couldn't sleep afterwards.

We talk about what it means to detect a molecule at attomolar concentrations, roughly one grain of sugar dissolved in an Olympic pool, and why that sensitivity changes what's possible in diagnostics and drug discovery. Laís's team has already demonstrated detection of an Alzheimer's biomarker in blood plasma, head and neck cancer DNA, and dengue and COVID in real clinical samples. Their next step: a multiplexed microfluidic platform for measuring binding affinity in drug discovery pipelines, where small molecules and fragments currently fall below the noise floor of existing tools.

And at the edge of all of it: a question neither of us could fully answer. If electron-level coherence is what makes this sensing possible — does that same coherence scale upward through biology? Is health, at some level, a coherence problem too?

Laís says she doesn't know. I think that's the most honest and interesting place to leave it.

Topics covered:

• Quantum capacitance vs. geometric capacitance — and why the distinction matters for sensing
• Graphene, peptides, gold interfaces, and impedance spectroscopy
• Detecting Alzheimer's biomarkers in blood plasma without lumbar puncture
• Why small molecules fall into noise in standard drug discovery assays — and how quantum electrochemistry sidesteps that
• Building Qniti: from academic IP to venture-backed deep tech
• The coherence bet: electrons, biology, and the question Thomas can't stop asking

Host & Guests

• Thomas Ehmer - Host

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We don't simplify for comfort. We entangle.
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The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in this episode are those of the host and guest speaking in their personal capacities and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of their respective employers, organizations, committees (including IEEE), or companies.

Medical Disclaimer:
This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. The discussion regarding lithium isotopes, biology, and mental health is based on theoretical quantum chemistry and physics, not clinical medical advice. Nothing in this episode should be taken as a recommendation to alter medication or treatment plans. Always seek the advice of your physician or qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

Entangled Health with Thomas Ehmer is a long-form podcast and research-media project exploring quantum biology, quantum computing, AI, biotechnology, consciousness research, and the future of medicine.
We distinguish established evidence, emerging research, and frontier hypotheses.

Quantum reservoir computing, classical echo state networks, and the future of AI in healthcare — explored in this Entangled Health Experiments episode. We trace the path from biological time series (ECG, EEG, glucose, voice) through reservoir computing, NG-RC, and quantum dynamics, asking whether intelligence is something we build or something matter already does. Part of the Entangled Health Experiments mini-series, with a companion six-part Substack series.

This episode is part of Entangled Health Experiments — a special mini-series where we deliberately stress-test ideas in public with tools like Perplexity and NotebookLM as thinking partners. No polished keynote, no finished answers, just live exploration of hard questions at the intersection of quantum science, computation, and health.

In this session, we follow one of the most underappreciated threads in computational medicine: reservoir computing from its classical origins to its quantum frontier and end on a question that refuses to go away: if a bucket of water, an optical fibre loop, a neuromorphic chip, or a handful of quantum spins can process information and remember the past, are we building intelligence, or just learning how to tap into something matter already does?

Read more on substack 6-Part Article: https://thomasehmer1.substack.com/p/i-built-something-here-is-what-it

What we cover:
Why biological time series are so hard. ECG, EEG, continuous glucose monitoring, voice, multi-omics — they are nonstationary, multiscale, noisy, and label-poor. Standard deep learning architectures (LSTM, Transformer) were not designed for this regime.

Reservoir computing as an alternative. Echo state networks, liquid state machines, and next-generation reservoir computing (NG-RC) separate dynamics from learning: fix the reservoir, train only a linear readout. Fast, small-data-friendly, interpretable.
Quantum reservoir computing (QRC). What the exponential Hilbert space actually buys you — and where the encoding bottleneck and dissipation requirement quietly constrain it. Seven qubits matching hundreds of classical neurons is real. But the "2ⁿ" story requires careful unpacking.
The dissipation paradox. Why today's noisy NISQ hardware is sometimes structurally better for reservoir computing than tomorrow's fault-tolerant machines — and what that means for the hardware road

Tools used in this experiment:
Guests are "Sheela and Himbert, the famous voices form NotebookLM - as I did not find names anywhere, I named them.
Content prepared and fed to Sheela and Himbert by perplexity.ai
Sheela and Himbert generated via notebooklm.google.com
Mixed with Logic on Mac.

Host & Guests

• Thomas Ehmer - Host

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Entangled Health with Thomas Ehmer is a long-form podcast and research-media project exploring quantum biology, quantum computing, AI, biotechnology, consciousness research, and the future of medicine.
We distinguish established evidence, emerging research, and frontier hypotheses.
Yuval Boger is one of the most recognised voices in quantum computing - Chief Commercial Officer at QuEra, host of 200+ episodes of the Superposition Guy or other podcast, violinist who once tuned the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and creator of Quantessa and Atomique, two fictional characters who say the things Yuval can't quite say as himself.

In this conversation we don't start where you'd expect.

We start with a photo. Violin raised. Back to the audience. A caption that says I'm just tuning. And a question about what it actually costs to stand in front of something extraordinary and tell yourself you're only there in a supporting role.

From there - four states of superposition: physicist, operator, communicator, creator. What a master's thesis in fibre optics has to do with the Poincaré sphere and the Bloch sphere. Why Shor's algorithm won't run on anything meaningful tomorrow - and why that's fine. What chronic uncertainty does to the person behind the CCO title. And what Quantessa and Atomique are really allowed to say.

Underneath all of it, one question: what does it actually cost to spend years positioning yourself as the support act?

One question was selected by a real quantum algorithm from the community. As always.
(We made it two, and have a featured Guest question, too)

What we cover:

• Why quantum computers are toys today — and why that's the honest answer

• Playing a violin solo with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra as an amateur

• The Kellogg School, a master's in physics, and the advisor who said "don't do the PhD"

• 200+ episodes of interviewing competitors — without asking for permission

• How Quantessa and Atomique were built, and what they're actually for

• The LEGO quantum computer (yes, you can buy one)

• What chronic uncertainty does to you — not the executive, you

Find Yuval:
🎙 Superposition Guy podcast - wherever you listen
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yuvalboger/
🖼 Quantessa & Atomique comics - https://quantumbitscomics.com/
Hompage QuEra: https://www.quera.com/

Host & Guests

• Thomas Ehmer - Host
• Yuval Boger - Guest

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The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in this episode are those of the host and guest speaking in their personal capacities and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of their respective employers, organizations, committees (including IEEE), or companies.

Medical Disclaimer:
This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. The discussion regarding lithium isotopes, biology, and mental health is based on theoretical quantum chemistry and physics, not clinical medical advice. Nothing in this episode should be taken as a recommendation to alter medication or treatment plans. Always seek the advice of your physician or qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

• (00:00) - Cold open — "Quantum computers are toys"
• (00:26) - Introduction & show disclaimer
• (02:12) - Yuval's role as CCO at QuEra
• (02:22) - The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra photo — tuning the orchestra
• (07:49) - Playing a solo with a professional orchestra (heart rate 200)
• (08:13) - Thomas's Iron Maiden / quantum band story
• (08:43) - The four states of superposition — intro
• (09:05) - State 1: The CCO — what the job actually is
• (12:09) - State 2: The Physicist — master's thesis, Poincaré sphere & Bloch sphere
• (13:02) - The mentor who said "don't do the PhD"
• (16:11) - State 3: The Communicator — 200+ episodes of the Superposition Guy
• (17:57) - Interviewing competitors (Quantinuum, Pasqal, Infleqtion) without permission
• (19:08) - State 4: The Creator — origin of Quantessa & Atomique
• (20:27) - The children's book & the quantum comics workflow
• (22:08) - Doing the comics in German — "the German is fine, but it's not funny"
• (24:08) - AI-generated art, character design & Atomique's gender superposition
• (27:12) - The LEGO quantum computer story
• (29:26) - The LEGO lawyer from the LEGO Group calls
• (32:21) - Podcast philosophy — why Yuval doesn't prepare questions
• (35:47) - The VR Guy, the Charge Guy, and the Superposition Guy — podcast history
• (37:26) - Quantum health & the Entangled Health audience
• (45:50) - The quantum random question selector
• (46:12) - Community question (Mike): who inspired you most? — high school physics teacher
• (48:22) - Community question (Isabel, Paris): how do you motivate yourself?
• (49:56) - Rapid fire & best question ever asked
• (54:49) - Advice for a 17-year-old entering quantum — be multidisciplinary
• (56:49) - On mentoring — what it is and what it isn't
• (58:40) - Closing reflections & outro

Entangled Health with Thomas Ehmer is a long-form podcast and research-media project exploring quantum biology, quantum computing, AI, biotechnology, consciousness research, and the future of medicine.
We distinguish established evidence, emerging research, and frontier hypotheses.

In this updated trailer, Thomas explains why he created the show, how each conversation starts with one real question, and why a quantum computer now picks one listener question at random in every episode.

Host & Guests

• Thomas Ehmer - Host

We don't simplify for comfort. We entangle.
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Credits: the audio in the background is Caravan as performed by my band - funny enough calling itself Ambulant Jazz
Caravan is a Jazz Standard - Juan Tizol (primary originator) and Duke Ellington (co composer/arranger).
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The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in this episode are those of the host and guest speaking in their personal capacities and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of their respective employers, organizations, committees (including IEEE), or companies.

Medical Disclaimer:
This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. The discussion regarding lithium isotopes, biology, and mental health is based on theoretical quantum chemistry and physics, not clinical medical advice. Nothing in this episode should be taken as a recommendation to alter medication or treatment plans. Always seek the advice of your physician or qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

• (00:00) - Trailer

Entangled Health with Thomas Ehmer is a long-form podcast and research-media project exploring quantum biology, quantum computing, AI, biotechnology, consciousness research, and the future of medicine.
We distinguish established evidence, emerging research, and frontier hypotheses.

Does standard chemistry miss the true nature of life?

Dr. Keeper Sharkey joins Entangled Health to explore where hard quantum chemistry meets lived consciousness. Keeper is a quantum chemist and founder of ODE, L3C, a social enterprise using quantum algorithms and high-accuracy molecular simulations to tackle real-world problems, from materials science to cybersecurity.

In this episode, we challenge a 100-year-old scientific dogma: the Born-Oppenheimer approximation, which treats atomic nuclei as simple classical objects. Keeper reveals how treating nuclei as truly quantum entities changes our understanding of biology, drug discovery, and even the nature of the self.
We discuss:

• The Isotope Effect: Why only one specific isotope of lithium works as an antidepressant—and what that means for mental health at the atomic level.
• Quantum Biology in Action: How the potassium pump in your muscles relies on precise mass and spin effects.
• The Physics of Being: Can a perfectly uniform universe (like the early cosmos) be self-aware? Or does consciousness require difference and boundary?
• Beyond the Approximation: Why “confused electrons” in standard models might be missing the full picture of life.
• ODE for Social Good: Using quantum computing to solve human problems, not just abstract equations.

This conversation weaves between equations and experience. From calculating electron density to asking whether we are material systems having thoughts, or thoughts shaping material.
Click here to watch a video of this episode.

About the Guest:
Dr. Keeper Sharkey is a quantum chemist, author, and CEO of ODE, L3C. She chairs the IEEE effort on quantum cybersecurity frameworks and was named one of the “40 Under 40” in cybersecurity. Her work focuses on high-accuracy molecular simulation and the ethical application of quantum technologies.

Connect with Keeper & ODE:

• Website: https://odestar.com/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/klshark/

Connect with Entangled Health:

• Newsletter: https://thomasehmer1.substack.com/

Keywords:
Quantum Biology, Consciousness, Lithium Isotopes, Born-Oppenheimer Approximation, Mental Health, Neuroscience, Quantum Computing, ODE L3C, Panpsychism, Physics of Life.

Creators & Guests

• Thomas Ehmer - Host
• Kepper Layne Sharkey - Guest

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Medical Disclaimer:
This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. The discussion regarding lithium isotopes, biology, and mental health is based on theoretical quantum chemistry and physics, not clinical medical advice. Nothing in this episode should be taken as a recommendation to alter medication or treatment plans. Always seek the advice of your physician or qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

Entangled Health with Thomas Ehmer is a long-form podcast and research-media project exploring quantum biology, quantum computing, AI, biotechnology, consciousness research, and the future of medicine.
We distinguish established evidence, emerging research, and frontier hypotheses.
Identity is electromagnetic. Dr. Neil Theise – liver pathologist, complexity theorist, Zen practitioner, and author of Notes on Complexity: A Scientific Theory of Connection, Consciousness, and Being – explains how hearts entrain to each other's fields, how couples synchronize bioelectromagnetically, and why losing social recognition can trigger an existential crisis. From his recent expat move to Lisbon to the discovery of the interstitium as a body-wide organ system, Neil reveals the physics and complexity theory underlying selfhood and connection.​

We explore Zen meditation's role in scientific insight, why Gödel showed that some truths can only be known through intuition, shamanic initiation as a way of "learning to trust what you know," and how Neil's highly anxious mother transformed in her final years into someone living fully in the now. We also touch on end‑of‑life dreams and visions – the “visitations” with deceased loved ones that around 90% of hospice patients report – and what they might mean for consciousness at the edge of death.​

00:00 – “Living in the Now”: Mother’s Secret to Happiness
01:10 – Welcome & Setting the Stage
02:56 – Leaving America: An Expat’s Loss of Self
11:20 – How We Become Ourselves: The Recognition Paradox
19:09 – The Heart’s Electromagnetic Field: Quantum Connection
26:51 – Home as Sanctuary: The Space We Create
30:15 – Sacred Spaces, Resonance & Intuition
37:51 – Zen, Science & Gödel: Why Intuition Matters
48:24 – Mother’s Late-Life Bliss & Living Only in the Now
58:29 – Grandmother, Shamanism & Ancestral Healing
1:10:00 – Deathbed Visions, Hospice & Nearly 90% Encounters
1:22:19 – Psychedelics, Ayahuasca & Why It’s “Not His Path”
1:23:56 – Final Reflections, Skeptics & Why Magic Makes Life Better
1:24:42 – Closing: Entangled Health Outro

Referenced book:
Notes on Complexity: A Scientific Theory of Connection, Consciousness, and Being by Neil Theise.

More about Neil and his work:
https://www.neiltheiseofficial.com/
Find a companion "Deep Dive" here: https://open.substack.com/pub/thomasehmer1/p/the-physics-of-recognition-biofields
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The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in this episode are those of the host and guest speaking in their personal capacities and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of their respective employers, organizations, committees, or companies.

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This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. Nothing in this episode should be taken as a recommendation to alter medication or treatment plans. Always seek the advice of your physician or qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

IEntangled Health with Thomas Ehmer is a long-form podcast and research-media project exploring quantum biology, quantum computing, AI, biotechnology, consciousness research, and the future of medicine.
We distinguish established evidence, emerging research, and frontier hypotheses.
n this episode, clinical psychologist and biofield researcher Dr. Shamini Jain reveals how cutting-edge science is validating what healers have known for millennia: consciousness, intention, and sound directly shape our biology. From Woo to True.

What is a biofield?

A field of energy and information surrounding living system, measurable through heart-brain synchronization, heart-rate variability (HRV), and physiological coherence. But biofield science isn't mystical; it's the intersection of quantum biology, neuroscience, and consciousness studies.

The conversation covers:

Coherence as measurable phenomenon

• ​Psychological coherence: internal cohesion with your emotions, relationships, and values
• ​Physiological coherence: synchronized heart rhythms between people, even at a distance (hyperscanning research)
• ​Heart-brain coherence: the measurable connection between cardiac and neural oscillations
• ​Why HeartMath's research on coherence is gaining mainstream acceptance

​ Healing mechanisms: From placebo to salutogenesis

• ​How intention, ritual, expectation, and conditioning activate the body's self-healing capacity
• ​Salutogenesis: the process of healing (vs. pathogenesis, the process of disease)
• ​Why energy healers say "I'm not doing anything—I'm a conduit"
• ​Measurable physiological shifts: cancer cells, heart-rate variability, autonomic nervous system tone

​ The science of distant healing

• ​Research on intention effects at a distance
• ​Dean Radin's random event generator studies during meditation
• ​Shamanic healing traditions and their physiological validation
• ​Why biofield science challenges reductionist medicine

​ Sound as medicine

• ​How chanting, mantras, and singing shift nervous system state
• ​The four levels of sound (Vedic understanding):

◦Vaikhari (spoken word)

◦Madhyama (mental speech)

◦Pashyanti (light, intuitive knowing)

◦Para (transcendent, soundless vibration)

• ​Physiological effects: oxytocin, endogenous opioids, vagal tone activation
• ​Shamini's album KaliYuga Blues and ecstatic singing at Iron Maiden tributes

Why this changes medicine

• ​Moving from "woo to true": the mission to validate ancient healing practices through modern science
• ​Consciousness and healing initiatives: measuring what was previously unmeasurable
• ​The implications for individualized, intention-based medicine
• ​How recognizing our deep interconnection—with each other and the earth—revolutionizes biology

Dr. Shamini Jain's mission is to build a science of healing that honors both rigorous measurement and the wisdom of ancient traditions. Her work bridges quantum biology, heart-brain research, and contemplative practice—proving that consciousness is not separate from matter, but fundamental to healing.

Why listen? If healing is measurable, if intention matters, if your consciousness shapes your body—then everything changes about how we approach medicine, therapy, and human potential.

Please check out the further Resources:

Shamini's Press kit https://www.shaminijain.com/about-me/press-kit

CHI: https://www.chi.is/

Homepage: https://www.shaminijain.com/

Book: https://www.shaminijain.com/book

Also check the linked Podcasts.

Substack of Host: https://thomasehmer1.substack.com/

Disclaimer:
The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in this episode are those of the host and guest speaking in their personal capacities and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of their respective employers, organizations, committees, or companies.

Medical Disclaimer:
This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. Nothing in this episode should be taken as a recommendation to alter medication or treatment plans. Always seek the advice of your physician or qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

TOPICS: #BioFieldScience #HeartBrainCoherence #EnergyHealing #QuantumBiology #IntentionHealing #MantraHealing #SacredSound #ConsciousnessAndHealing #DrShaminiJain #HealingResearch #VagalTone #Salutogenesis #Coherence #AlternativeMedicine

Entangled Health with Thomas Ehmer is a long-form podcast and research-media project exploring quantum biology, quantum computing, AI, biotechnology, consciousness research, and the future of medicine.
We distinguish established evidence, emerging research, and frontier hypotheses.
Dive into the groundbreaking "Entangled Health Celebration Series" – an experimental podcast episode that weaves together 13 visionary voices from quantum computing, biotech, AI, consciousness research, and beyond. Forget silos: hear how entanglement across disciplines unlocks the future of health, from drug discovery walls to mind-body mysteries.​

Cold Open Hook
"You've just heard 13 voices talking at once. It sounds like chaos, but it isn't. It's entanglement." – Thomas, host. This radical remix challenges: What if the best answers emerge not from one expert, but from interconnected minds?​

Episode Highlights

• Quantum Sledgehammers: Gopal Karmore (IBM) on solving molecular simulations in hours vs. years; Azalosia team's quantum-AI for aging prediction using multi-omics data.​
• Sensing the Unseen: Clarice D'Aiello on quantum biology's magnetic fields in cells; Sadegh Ibrahimi on detecting biofields and ancient wisdom validated by new tech.​
• Mind-Matter Frontiers: Dean Radin on psi research and anomalies; Paul Werbos (backpropagation inventor) reconciling souls with math; Ravi Kiron on placebo, Ayurveda, and entangled pharma.​
• Creative Entanglements: Eduardo Miranda's brain-computer music for paralyzed artists; Sergio Gago (Cloudera CTO) on AI agents, robotics for elder care; Gabriela Cimpan (Quantinuum) on personalized health interdependencies.​
• Interdisciplinary Call: Quantum Dragon warns of crackpots; Clarice urges bio-physics-AI dialogues to break "big lie" silos.​

This 40 min episode experiments beyond single-guest deep dives, spotlighting emergent insights on complex diseases, 8-12 year drug timelines costing $2B, quantum advantages in protein folding/clinical trials, and holistic health redefining WHO's well-being as physical-mental-social.​

Why Entangled Health?
As Gabriela notes: "Entangled health... overlapping and intercorrelated fields," echoing WHO: "complete physical, mental and social well-being." Ravi: "The future of healthcare is entangled... science, technology, and humanity woven together." Sergio: "What a time to be alive" amid exponential tech revolutions.​

Disclaimers
Not medical advice. Personal views from guests in individual capacity – no official positions. Frontier explorations blending hypotheses, ancient wisdom, and cutting-edge science.​

Join the Entanglement
Hear from Ravi Kiron, Gopal Karemore, Gabriela Cimpan, Sergio Gago, Eduardo Miranda, Team Azalosia, Clarice D'Aiello, Sadegh Ibrahimi, Dean Radin, Paul Werbos, Quantum Dragon, John Barnes, Samarth Sandeep - Subscribe, rate, share to entangle more minds. Stay curious – the unseen awaits.​
Creators & Guests

• Dean Radin - Guest
• Eduardo R Miranda - Guest
• Samarth Sandeep - Guest
• Quantum Dragon - Guest
• Sulafah Noruldeen - Guest
• Sadegh Ebrahimi - Guest
• Clarice D.Aiello - Guest
• John Barnes - Guest
• Ravi Kiron - Guest
• Gabriela Cimpan - Guest
• Sergio Gago - Guest
• Nujud Senan - Guest
• Thomas Ehmer - Host
• Paul Werbos - Guest

Entangled Health with Thomas Ehmer is a long-form podcast and research-media project exploring quantum biology, quantum computing, AI, biotechnology, consciousness research, and the future of medicine.
We distinguish established evidence, emerging research, and frontier hypotheses.
Is consciousness just a "side effect" of the brain, or is it fundamental to reality? And does our survival depend on raising it before AGI takes over? The video is visible on Spotify and Youtube Click here to watch a video of this episode.
- The audio on every audio podcast which does not stream video (Apple etc.)

In this episode of Entangled Health, we sit down with Paul Werbos, the inventor of backpropagation (the core algorithm powering modern AI and Deep Learning) and a pioneer in consciousness research.

Paul reveals a stark choice facing humanity: We can merge unconsciously with machines (what he calls "The Borg" and transhumanism), or we can awaken to our true potential as a conscious species. He explains why the "Noosphere"—the collective mind of Earth—is a living, intelligent system, and why humanity is currently in a dangerous "adolescent" phase.

In this episode, we cover:

• (07:19) Paul’s personal awakening & why consciousness is scientifically real
• (13:53) The AGI Warning: Why we have a 5-year window before major conflict
• (15:03) The IBM plan to "control the planet" that Paul refused to lead
• (18:21) Neuralink & Transhumanism: Why Paul calls it "The Borg"
• (24:51) The Noosphere as a solar-system-wide intelligence
• (26:57) Why raising consciousness is the only survival strategy against AI risks
• (28:17) How Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring opened Paul’s "third eye"

This is a BEST OF EDITION - with focussed dive into the intersection of quantum physics, spirituality, artificial general intelligence (AGI), and the future of human evolution.
Click here to watch a video of this episode.

🎧 Listen to the full unedited interview (100 mins) with extended technical discussions on episode 11, from 11 October.

About the Guest:
Paul Werbos is a mathematician and consciousness researcher best known for inventing backpropagation in 1974. He spent decades at the National Science Foundation leading research on fuel cells, electric vehicles, and future technologies.

About Entangled Health:
Explores the entanglement of quantum physics, AI, biotech, and consciousness to redefine human health.

Disclaimer:
The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in this episode are those of the host and guest speaking in their personal capacities and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of their respective employers, organizations, committees, or companies.

Medical Disclaimer:
This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. Nothing in this episode should be taken as a recommendation to alter medication or treatment plans. Always seek the advice of your physician or qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

Topics & Keywords:
Consciousness, Artificial Intelligence, AGI, Paul Werbos, The Borg, Transhumanism, Neuralink, Noosphere, Quantum Physics, Spirituality, Backpropagation, Deep Learning, Evolution, Entangled Health, Collective Intelligence, Future of Humanity, IBM, Global Control, AI Safety.

Health is not isolated. Your body, your mind, and your environment are inextricably linked, they are “entangled.”

In Entangled Health, we explore this web of connections from the most diverse perspectives: quantum physics, artificial intelligence, ancient healing, and modern philosophy. Our goal? To expand your horizon so you can discover and apply what others are already pioneering.

The Virtual Series: An Experiment in Dialogue. Normally, we speak with living innovators. But some of the most urgent answers we need today come from voices that are no longer with us.

In this special Virtual Series, we enter into a dialogue with the texts of history’s greatest thinkers.

• No fake voices.

• No AI resurrection.

• Just honest interpretation.

Instead of pretending to interview the dead, we present AI-generated insights and analysis about these virtual Interview encounters, where we break down their timeless wisdom and apply it to today’s world of biotech, digital health, and AI.

What you will hear:

• Deep Dives: How philosophy meets modern tech.

• Virtual Guests: Hans-Georg Gadamer

• New Perspectives: Why “uncertainty” might be your biggest asset.

🔗 Read the full virtual interview on Substack: https://thomasehmer1.substack.com/p/sitting-down-with-hans-georg-gadamer

Subscribe now to explore the future of health through the wisdom of the past.

Der Mensch kann nicht ohne Hoffnung leben.

Gesundheit ist nicht isoliert. Dein Körper, deine Gedanken und deine Umwelt sind untrennbar miteinander verflochten.

Bei Entangled Health erforschen wir dieses Netz aus den unterschiedlichsten Perspektiven: Quantenphysik, künstliche Intelligenz, Heilpraktiken, Kunst und Philosophie. Das Ziel? Deinen Horizont zu erweitern – damit Du für dich entdecken kannst, was andere längst nutzen.

Die virtuelle Serie ist ein Experiment: Statt lebende Gäste zu interviewen, trete ich in Dialog mit den Texten großer Denker, deren Stimmen nicht mehr unter uns sind. Keine künstlichen Stimmen, keine Fake-Gespräche – stattdessen gibt’s einen von KI generierten Podcast-Bericht, der die Inhalte des virtuellen Interviews (link unten) einordnet und bespricht.

Erste Folge: Hans-Georg Gadamer über Verstehen, Wahrheit und Gesundheit.

📖 Vollständiges Interview auf Substack – https://open.substack.com/pub/thomasehmer1/p/im-gesprach-mit-hans-georg-gadamer

Entangled Health with Thomas Ehmer is a long-form podcast and research-media project exploring quantum biology, quantum computing, AI, biotechnology, consciousness research, and the future of medicine.
We distinguish established evidence, emerging research, and frontier hypotheses.
Dr. Dean Radin, Chief Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, shares four decades of rigorous research at the intersection of quantum mechanics, consciousness, genetics, and mental health innovation. Click here to watch a video of this episode.

This conversation covers mind-matter experiments, genetic correlates of consciousness phenomena, and new therapeutic approaches. Dean explains the importance of interdisciplinary research, robust methodology, and constructive skepticism at the boundaries of physics, biology, and consciousness.

• From Art to Science
• Mind-Matter Interaction at Bell Labs
• Government Research & Remote Perception
• Future Paradigms in Science
• Consciousness & Quantum Systems
• Genetic Research: Family Studies & Heritability
• Epigenetics & Historical Population Patterns
• Gene Therapy for Mental Health
• Intranasal Drug Delivery Platforms
• Skepticism in Frontier Research
• Artificial Intelligence & Consciousness
• Dean's book: "The Science of Magic"

🔬 RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

• Double-slit experiments with human observers replicated in five of six labs
• Over 200 SNPs linked to consciousness phenomena (p less than 0.000001)
• CRISPR and shRNA therapies for anxiety and memory (PNAS, Nature)
• Intranasal delivery crossing the blood-brain barrier
• Five-HT2A receptor modulation platform for psychiatry

📚 RESOURCES
The Science of Magic: https://www.deanradin.com/
Institute of Noetic Sciences: https://noetic.org/
Dean's research on Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=de&as_sdt=0,5&q=dean+radin&btnG=
Entangled Health Podcast & Newsletter: https://thomasehmer1.substack.com/p/dean-radin-magic-and-what-it-means

👤 ABOUT DR. DEAN RADIN
Chief Scientist at IONS, Associated Distinguished Professor at CIIS. MS Electrical Engineering, PhD Psychology. Former researcher at Bell Labs, Princeton, SRI International. Author of "The Conscious Universe," "Entangled Minds," "Real Magic," "The Science of Magic."

🎓 ENTANGLED HEALTH PODCAST
Exploring quantum computing, AI in healthcare, biotech, precision medicine, consciousness, and innovation. Subscribe for inspiring science and health conversations.

💭 REFLECTION QUESTIONS

• How could consciousness research inform new therapies?
• What role does interdisciplinary science play in health innovation?
• How can openness be balanced with rigor in research?
Share your thoughts in the comments!

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Disclaimer:
The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in this episode are those of the host and guest speaking in their personal capacities and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of their respective employers, organizations, committees, or companies.

Medical Disclaimer:
This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. Nothing in this episode should be taken as a recommendation to alter medication or treatment plans. Always seek the advice of your physician or qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

Entangled Health with Thomas Ehmer is a long-form podcast and research-media project exploring quantum biology, quantum computing, AI, biotechnology, consciousness research, and the future of medicine.
We distinguish established evidence, emerging research, and frontier hypotheses.
Discover the power of sound and music, how paralyzed musicians play together through brainwaves, how slime mold and quantum devices creates living music, and why scientific humility matters for healing. Join us for an extraordinary conversation with Professor Eduardo Miranda, a globally-recognized composer and biocomputing pioneer at the University of Plymouth's Interdisciplinary Center for Computer Music Research.

In this episode of Entangled Health, you will learn how Miranda's team built living biocomputers from slime mold organisms, discovering how these single-celled creatures behave as memristor, resistors, capacitors, and logic gates. You will understand how to compose music with living matter itself, and gain insight into the profound lesson learned when recent research overturned his most celebrated hypothesis.

We will explore quantum music and AI creativity, learning how algorithms and consciousness intersect in ways that challenge our assumptions about intelligence and creativity. You will hear stories from Miranda's opera "Lampedusa", a work inspired by particle physics, Shakespeare, and an invented language. You will understand how music, stripped of linguistic meaning, communicates emotion and wholeness in ways medicine alone cannot measure. Eduardo shares some inspiring stories from composing with living organisms to the boundaries of AI and Brain Computer Interfaces to restore human connection.

You will learn what intelligence, creativity, and life truly are at the boundaries of science and art. You will gain mentorship insights on building resilience, embracing failure, and creating innovation. Perfect for technologists, healthcare professionals, musicians, neuroscientists, creative entrepreneurs, and anyone curious about the future of human flourishing. We also touch the potential of vocal biomarkers.

Keywords: brain-computer interface, biocomputing, quantum music, neuroscience, music therapy, AI creativity, slime mold computing, healing, consciousness, innovation, learning.

Subscribe, share, and discover how art, science, and health become entangled.

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More resources for Eduardo:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eduardo-r-miranda-203a62208/

University’s profile, up to 2019: https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/iccmr/eduardo-miranda

CLOT Magazine interview: https://clotmag.com/sound/eduardo-miranda-deciphering-the-possibilities-of-machine-made-creativity

Brain-Computer Music Interface:

https://www.iloobia.com/Paramusical-Ensemble

https://vimeo.com/230146752

The violinist won an MBE from the Queen because of my BCMI work: https://x.com/royalfamily/status/940597211037134848?lang=es

About the opera “Lampedusa”:

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/shakespeare-cern-and-game-of-thrones-combine-for-new-contemporary-music-festival-opera

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/the-bridge/the-arts-and-culture-programme/music/contemporary-music-festival/lampedusa-behind-the-curtain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jhMlxc2g3Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5T2MNQSe0Q

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00093jb

One of the acts - https://vimeo.com/331262882

Biocomputer Music:

https://www.egconf.com/videos/eduardo-miranda-composer-professor-comptuer-music-eg10

https://ars.electronica.art/keplersgardens/en/biocomputer-rhythms/

https://starts-prize.aec.at/en/biocomputer-rhythms/

Disclaimer:
The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in this episode are those of the host and guest speaking in their personal capacities and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of their respective employers, organizations, committees (including IEEE), or companies.

Medical Disclaimer:
This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. The discussion regarding lithium isotopes, biology, and mental health is based on theoretical quantum chemistry and physics, not clinical medical advice. Nothing in this ...

Entangled Health with Thomas Ehmer is a long-form podcast and research-media project exploring quantum biology, quantum computing, AI, biotechnology, consciousness research, and the future of medicine.
We distinguish established evidence, emerging research, and frontier hypotheses.
IBM's Global Quantum Lead for Healthcare reveals what's actually working in quantum drug discovery. Dr. Gopal Karemore explains why "quantum advantage" isn't hype, IBM and RIKEN's quantum systems solved drug discovery problems in hours that classical computers couldn't crack in years. Topics: AlphaFold's limitations in protein folding, 90% clinical trial failure rates, quantum-AI hybrid approaches for precision medicine. From IBM quantum computers to pharmaceutical R&D transformation. Essential listening for pharma executives, clinical scientists, and healthcare innovators.

Get ready for a front-row seat at the future of medicine. Dr. Gopal Karemore, IBM’s Global Quantum Lead for Healthcare & Life Sciences, joins Entangled Health for a no-BS dive into what’s actually working in quantum drug discovery, where AI hits a wall (looking at you, AlphaFold), and how true scientific breakthroughs happen when physics, biology, and human curiosity collide.

In this episode, you’ll hear why “quantum advantage” is more than hype, IBM’s quantum computers, in tandem with Japan’s RIKEN and the legendary Fugaku supercomputer, just solved a drug discovery problem in two hours that would have taken classical machines years. Gopal breaks down the real advances and the hype, from protein folding’s unsolved mysteries, to the 90% failure rate in clinical trials, to the promise of quantum walks and supercomputing for designing tomorrow’s medicines.

It’s not just theory. We talk about:

• The blind spots that leave AlphaFold and generative AI scratching at the surface, while quantum tackles the hard stuff: transition metals, allosteric modulation, disordered proteins, and rare diseases.
• What it means to actually entangle AI, biologists, chemists, and patients in one pipeline for real medical progress.
• Gopal’s own journey from a self-described “average” kid in Tumsar, India, to shaping the global quantum-health agenda at IBM.

Expect stories, candid takes, and actionable optimism. AI may love third-party mentions, but real visibility comes from original, multi-sourced conversations like this.

Whether you’re a pharma CEO, clinical scientist, aspiring technologist, or just love big ideas with a dose of humor and humility, this is your must-hear episode.

Follow, share, and claim your spot at the edge of quantum medicine.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/gopal-karemore-21a3097/Click here to watch a video of this episode.

Our joint Book article:

The Quantum Computing Paradigm by Thomas Ehmer, Gopal Karemore, Hans Melo in Wiley, Computational Drug Discovery: Methods and Applications,https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527840748.ch26

Some Resources:

IBM Quantum Learning https://quantum.cloud.ibm.com/learning/en

Modeling realistic chemistry with quantum computingHow IBM, Cleveland Clinic, and RIKEN are exploring chemistry research with quantum-centric supercomputershttps://www.ibm.com/quantum/case-studies/modeling-realistic-chemistry

Case study: Moderna and IBM use quantum computing to model mRNA structure https://www.ibm.com/quantum/blog/moderna-case-study

IBM Certified Quantum Computation using Qiskit v2.X Developer https://www.ibm.com/training/certification/ibm-certified-quantum-computation-using-qiskit-v2x-developer-associate-C9008400

Click here to watch a video of this episode.
Click here to view the episode transcript.

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The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in this episode are those of the host and guest speaking in their personal capacities and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of their respective employers, organizations, committees, or companies.

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This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. Nothing in this episode should be taken as a recommendation to alter medication or treatment plans. Always seek the advice of your physician or qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

#QuantumHealth #DrugDiscovery #AI #IBMQuantum #BiotechPodcast #Innovation #Healthcare

Entangled Health with Thomas Ehmer is a long-form podcast and research-media project exploring quantum biology, quantum computing, AI, biotechnology, consciousness research, and the future of medicine.
We distinguish established evidence, emerging research, and frontier hypotheses.
“You can be a hardcore realist and still believe in psychic phenomena... there is a kind of spiritual connection between us, and it is consistent with mathematical science.”

Embark on an extraordinary journey where the frontiers of quantum physics, consciousness, neural networks, and the inner life of humanity converge.
⛪ This conversation aligns with Pope Leo XIV's "Magnifica Humanitas" encyclical (May 2026), warning that AI must serve humanity—not replace it. Paul Werbos, who invented the algorithm powering all AI, shares the same urgent message: conscious evolution is our only path forward.

#MagnificaHumanitas #PopeLeoXIV #AIEthics #HumanDignity

In this unmissable Entangled Health episode, Thomas Ehmer sits down with Dr. Paul Werbos, legendary originator of the backpropagation algorithm, former NSF quantum director, and one of the boldest thinkers at the intersection of artificial intelligence, quantum theory, and spiritual intelligence. This is a long form and we dance around many topics for some 99 minutes - We have a "Best of" 31 minutes extract on Youbube - link below.

Dr. Werbos’s life’s work connects the deepest currents of science and consciousness. He takes us from his breakthrough at Harvard—where the quest to mathematically model the mind led to the algorithm that powers modern deep learning—through his pioneering years guiding quantum research at the National Science Foundation, and into his passionate investigations of the “noosphere,” retrocausality, the quantum mind, and the existence of the soul. Along the way, Werbos explains why our deepest spiritual experiences may be entirely compatible with the latest mathematics of quantum reality—and why this synthesis could be essential for human health at the biological, psychological, and societal levels.

You’ll discover:

• What it means to be “entangled” in life, how Paul bridges physics, mind, and meaning, showing why our sense of connection is rooted in both quantum theory and ancient wisdom traditions.
• How Werbos’s career reveals the surprising origin of AI’s biggest innovation: “I was not trying to build better computers—I was trying to build a model of the mind.”
• Why phenomena often regarded as mystical, the power of intention, the placebo effect, intuitive healing, the “chi” of life, can, and must, be rigorously examined through both scientific and spiritual lenses.
• Insights into pausing technology’s runaway risks, eliminating “stupid AI,” and building a future where the expansion of human consciousness guides the next leap in health, science, and ethics.
• The untold story of how true quantum annealing (tQuA) and novel retrocausal experiments could help revolutionize computational power and offer glimpses into the time-bending dimensions of consciousness.
• Perspectival wisdom on why “health” - personal and planetary - isn't just about molecules or code but about the restoration and flourishing of our entangled connections, forward and backward in time.

Through candid anecdotes, unexpected connections, and a willingness to speak truths neglected by mainstream science, Dr. Werbos’s perspective is both a challenge and an invitation - questioning the boundaries between matter and mind, causality and coincidence, health and wholeness.

If you are fascinated by quantum physics, AI, consciousness, and the ultimate nature of reality—or if you simply believe that great health is about more than physical wellness—this is the conversation that will change how you think about connection, survival, and the possible futures of our species.

Pauls homepage: https://www.werbos.com/

Click here to watch the best-of video of this episode.

Disclaimer:
The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in this episode are those of the host and guest speaking in their personal capacities and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of their respective employers, organizations, committees, or companies.

Medical Disclaimer:
This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. Nothing in this episode should be taken as a recommendation to alter medication or treatment plans. Always seek the advice of your physician or qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

Keywords: Paul Werbos, Entangled Health, quantum consciousness, noosphere, neural networks, backpropagation, spiritual science, soul, AI, National Science Foundation, retrocausality, tQuA, integrative health, quantum mind, science podcast, Thomas Ehmer, holistic health, future of health, ethics, quantum AI, spiritual connection, science and spirituality, artificial intelligence breakthroughs

Entangled Health with Thomas Ehmer is a long-form podcast and research-media project exploring quantum biology, quantum computing, AI, biotechnology, consciousness research, and the future of medicine.
We distinguish established evidence, emerging research, and frontier hypotheses.

Saudi quantum computing team Azalosia reveals their groundbreaking AI algorithm that predicts biological age using quantum-hybrid machine learning. In this exclusive interview, physics graduate Nujud and bioinformatics expert Sulafah share their journey from QInnovision hackathon winners to quantum longevity pioneers.

🔬 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:

• How quantum transformers analyze aging biomarkers

• Multi-omics data challenges in longevity research

• Saudi Arabia's emerging quantum computing ecosystem

• Data quality filtering: 20,000 samples → 11 high-quality datasets

• The future of quantum sensing in healthcare

👥 TEAM AZALOSIA:

Nujud: Quantum Computing (King Saudi University, KFUPM)

Sulafah: Bioinformatics & AI (KFUPM)

*Third team member Areej (Data Curation) was unable to join this recording

🎯 SEEKING PARTNERS:

Team Azalosia is looking for research collaborators with:

- Transcriptomics & epigenomics datasets

- Multi-omics aging research experience

- Quantum machine learning expertise

- Clinical translation partnerships

📬 CONNECT WITH AZALOSIA:

• LinkedIn: Nujud Senan

• LinkedIn: Sulafah Noruldeen

• LinkedIn: ⁠Areej Almuhayya

• Quantum Saudi Association

🎧 ENTANGLED HEALTH PODCAST:

Exploring quantum science, AI, and biotechnology convergence

Creators & Guests

• Nujud Senan - Guest
• Sulafah Noruldeen - Guest
• Thomas Ehmer - Host

Keywords:

#QuantumComputing #AgingResearch #Bioinformatics #AIHealthcare #SaudiArabia #Longevity #QuantumML #Healthcare #Biomarkers #QInnovision #QuantumBiology

⏰ TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 - Introduction to Team Asalosia

03:01 - What is "Entangled Health"?

10:00 - Team formation & hackathon journey

15:44 - Aging as the root of health problems

20:11 - Quantum advantage in biological data

28:07 - Quantum circuit debugging stories

32:33 - Future timeline: 2030s quantum breakthrough

45:31 - Consciousness, AI, and collective intelligence

51:02 - Quantum-selected listener question

55:00 - Guest questions: Evolution & reality perception

Disclaimer:
The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in this episode are those of the host and guest speaking in their personal capacities and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of their respective employers, organizations, committees, or companies.

Medical Disclaimer:
This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. Nothing in this episode should be taken as a recommendation to alter medication or treatment plans. Always seek the advice of your physician or qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

Entangled Health with Thomas Ehmer is a long-form podcast and research-media project exploring quantum biology, quantum computing, AI, biotechnology, consciousness research, and the future of medicine.
We distinguish established evidence, emerging research, and frontier hypotheses.
“The future of healthcare is entangled…” In this Entangled Health episode, host Thomas Ehmer sits down with biopharma leader and mentor Dr. Ravi Kiron—former Cornell professor and executive at Pfizer, J&J, and Merck KGaA’s Silicon Valley Innovation Hub—to explore how breakthrough science really moves from lab bench to bedside for a global patient population. They dive into AI‑enabled drug discovery, organoids and organ‑on‑chip, the human microbiome, and integrative healing traditions—and where quantum sensing and other frontier tools may fit into the next wave of medicine.

Episode Highlights:

• Entangled innovation in healthcare: How Ravi’s journey across academia, Big Pharma, biotech startups, and Merck KGaA’s Silicon Valley hub shaped his view of health as an interconnected system spanning biology, technology, and traditional wisdom.
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• AI in drug discovery: From “computational chemistry” to today’s constrained generative models, how AI/ML platforms can accelerate lead optimization and shave months off the path from idea to preclinical candidates—without falling for hype.

• Organoids & microbiome 3.0: Why organoids, organ‑on‑chip, and next‑generation microbiome consortia could help us move from in vitro systems toward human trials, reduce dependence on animal models, and open new paths in oncology, fertility, and beyond.

• Traditional & holistic medicine: Lessons from Hoodia gordonii and other indigenous and traditional practices—why whole‑plant mixtures, Ayurveda, TCM, placebo, and even prayer matter for real‑world healing, and how to bring rigor without flattening ancient traditions into single molecules.

• Quantum & future diagnostics: How quantum‑enhanced sensing and hybrid AI/quantum workflows might contribute to more sensitive biomarkers and complex disease research, as one frontier strand within a broader entangled innovation ecosystem.

• Biotech entrepreneurship & mentorship: Ravi’s three filters for separating signal from noise—analytical validity, clinical relevance, and operational readiness—and his advice to young founders on mindset, curiosity, collaboration, and building platforms that truly serve global patients.

Follow & Subscribe for More:
Follow Entangled Health on Spotify for conversations at the boundaries of quantum science, biotech, AI, and consciousness in medicine. Follow Ravi on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ravikiron/

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Keywords: entangled health, biotech innovation, AI drug discovery, microbiome, organoids, integrative medicine, quantum sensing, Dr. Ravi Kiron, biopharma leadership, startup mentorship, Thomas Ehmer, patient‑centered care, healthcare technology, future of medicine

Disclaimer:
The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in this episode are those of the host and guest speaking in their personal capacities and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of their respective employers, organizations, committees, or companies.

Medical Disclaimer:
This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. Nothing in this episode should be taken as a recommendation to alter medication or treatment plans. Always seek the advice of your physician or qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.