A new form of physics, a modified physics, must reconcile self and matter, extending current physics while leaving it nearly intact.

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• Present-day physics is completely governed by a system of differential equations... this entire rich system is now completely contained in a single theorem, the principle of least action.quote0.792
  Planck's statement cited to establish the generality and indispensability of least action before Alexander argues it is still insufficient
• Living matter, while not eluding the 'laws of physics' as established up to date, is likely to involve 'other laws of physics' hitherto unknown.claim0.778
  Schrödinger's famous prediction that new physical principles might emerge from the study of life.
• "The obvious inability of present-day physics and chemistry to account for such events is no reason at all for doubting that they can be accounted for by those sciences."concept0.770
  Load-bearing epistemological statement; Schrödinger argues that current ignorance does not imply impossibility—motivates search for deeper theory.
• I believe it is a necessary state of mind, without which it is not possible to reach the purity of structure needed to create a living thing.claim0.765
  The indispensability of the gift-to-God intention for creating life in buildings.
• Progress in theory and practice requires a novel conception of 'machines as they could be,' based on the profound lessons of biology at all scales.claim0.764
  The paper's overarching constructive goal, paralleling Langton's 'life as it could be'
• Under these conditions, what is done next always has a natural and comfortable relation to what existed before: it has a similar structure and never violates the previously existing structure.claim0.764
  Characteristic of a structure-preserving process.
• An emerging breakdown of disciplinary boundaries suggests merging of information sciences, physics, and biology into a new field whose subject is embodied computation across evolved, designed, and composite media at multiple scales.claim0.763
  Third central claim: biology and computer science are converging into a unified science of embodied computation
• "It is this substance which permits — OR DOES NOT PERMIT — the emergence of living centers in the material, and the adaptation of fine structure that is needed to bring the larger whole to life."quote0.763
  Alexander's foundational assertion connecting material substance directly to living structure.