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Metabolic Embedding and Constraint

Energy scarcity drives brain's computational architecture; multiscale integration emerges as metabolic optimization strategy; absent in current AI systems.

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  • Core theoretical framework: consciousness requires hybrid (discrete + continuous), scale-inseparable, metabolically embedded computation distinct from von Neumann architecture.

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