physiological software

Analogy: developmental and behavioral plasticity runs on the bioelectric 'software' layer, with the genome providing the 'hardware' of ion channels and proteins.

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Evolution often produces general-purpose problem-solving machines whose capacities cannot be inferred from the default invariant course of development.
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A claim about the outcome of the MCA-enhanced process.

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Biological Softwareconcept0.828
The paper's characterization of living organisms' causal patterns as software — evolving, self-organizing, self-perpetuating, agentic — distinct from engineered code
Personal softwareconcept0.788
Idea that users should customize and restructure tools for idiosyncratic needs; central thesis of the paper.
Physiological spaceconcept0.788
A space of physiological parameters that systems navigate for adaptive responses.
Physiological software dynamics, not genetic hardware, determine organism phenotype.claim0.777
Authors' central interpretive assertion: genome specifies cell-level components but outcome is product of dynamics not easily predicted from genetic sequence.
Vertical softwareconcept0.745
Hardware-Software Separation in Bioelectric Networksclaim0.734
Developmental Physiologyconcept0.728
The critical layer of physiological processes that operates between genotype and anatomical phenotype; controls how genomic information generates functional anatomy.
Personal computers imply personal software.concept0.724
Opening statement of the paper's core thesis: individual users should be able to customize computational tools to their specific needs.