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concept:baldwin-effect-analogyBaldwin effect analogy
TAME proposes that multi-scale competency provides a patience for evolution, analogous to the Baldwin effect, by masking negative effects of mutations.
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- Multiscale Competency Architectureassociated_withA framework originating from Levin that formalizes how hierarchical biological systems—from cells to tissues to organs—exhibit integrated problem-solving and adaptive plasticity across multiple levels of organization (metabolic, transcriptional, physiological, anatomical). It models system-level behaviors as emergent from competition and cooperation among heterogeneous subunits within composite agents, explaining how goals and regulations scale across biological scales.
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