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claim:morphogenesis-is-self-referential-in-the-deepest-sense-because-the-cell-collective-computing-what-to-do-next-is-the-same-medium-being-remodelled-by-those-computationsMorphogenesis is self-referential in the deepest sense because the cell collective computing what to do next is the same medium being remodelled by those computations.
Key claim connecting embryogenesis to self-reference and strange loops.
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extracted_from(2026) · Samson Abramsky · Wolfgang Banzhaf · Leo S. D. Caves · Michael Levin +4
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- MorphogenesisaboutProcess by which cellular collectives generate large-scale structure and form; presented as a collective intelligence problem.
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- Frames developmental biology as an instance of basal cognition.
- Levin's main interpretive reframing: rejects purely emergentist/mechanistic views of development in favor of treating morphogenesis as cybernetic, goal-directed problem-solving by cellular swarms.
- Reframes developmental biology as collective cognition.
- Claim supported by Goodwin's work, shifting emphasis away from DNA as sole morphogenetic driver toward form-generating principles inherent in spatial configuration.
- Morphogenesis is of the essence in achieving beauty, adaptive resources, and internal organization.claim0.834States that only morphogenesis can deliver the full set of qualities needed in the built environment.
- Developmental systems reach invariant target morphology from diverse starting conditions, like a thermostat.