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concept:problem-solving-competencyproblem-solving competency
The ability to navigate a problem space (metabolic, transcriptional, anatomical) to achieve a goal, central to MCA.
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- Basal CognitionimplementsAn interdisciplinary research framework that reconceptualizes intelligence as observer-relative problem-solving competencies existing on a continuum from simple to highly complex, extending cognition beyond neural systems to pre-neural and non-neural substrates including microbial control loops, plants, tissues, and cellular collectives. It grounds the study of evolutionary and developmental origins of cognitive and behavioral capacities by linking information processing at the chemical and cellular level to classical cognition, and provides philosophical foundations for understanding agency and goal-directedness in systems without nervous systems.
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- Property exhibited by the economy as a complex system, supporting its classification as a collective intelligence.
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- Intelligence is defined as competency in navigating any problem space (3D, transcriptional, morphospace), not just behavior in 3D world.
- The innate problem-solving capacity of biological subunits at various scales.
- Key proposal linking multi-scale agency to evolutionary advantage.
- The problem-solving capacity of cells to rearrange and achieve correct morphology; measured by competency value (max allowed swaps).