Chimerism and bioengineering work because biological components are primed to accommodate and exploit any materials in their vicinity.

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• Artificial multicellular genetic chimeras can exhibit holistic behaviours and functions (Blackiston et al. 2021)finding0.791
  Experimental demonstration that chimeric organisms can act as integrated individuals despite genetic differences
• Chimeric Bioengineeringconcept0.782
  The creation of novel cognitive systems by combining evolved and designed components, driving the need for TAME.
• Biology's robustness, open-endedness, evolvability, and unique complexity likely depend on the fact that evolution works with an agential material.claim0.772
  Central claim linking life's properties to the inherent competencies of its material substrate.
• Chimeras (bioengineered)concept0.771
  Novel organisms combining living and engineered components; test cases for TAME framework.
• Living processes are by nature morphogenetic; they are aimed at creating positive space and making form coherent.claim0.769
  Core definition of living process as intentionally form-creating, in contrast to fragmented modern processes.
• The larger task of making these processes genuinely morphogenetic so that they generate deeper and more coherent living structure—still lies on the horizon.claim0.764
• Progress in machine behavior science and biohybrid engineering breaks down the simplistic dualism of life vs. machine, revealing a continuum of emergence, rational control, and agency.claim0.764
  Second central claim: life and machine form a continuous multidimensional space, not discrete bins
• Understanding what kind of relationships instantiate biological individuality is of great importance to synthetic bioengineering, regenerative medicine, exobiology, robotics and artificial intelligence.claim0.762
  Argues for practical applications of the theoretical framework.