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finding:planarian-flatworms-contain-voltage-patterns-in-non-neural-cells-that-are-re-writable-latent-pattern-memories-guiding-future-regenerative-anatomy-editable-without-touching-the-genomePlanarian flatworms contain voltage patterns in non-neural cells that are re-writable latent pattern memories guiding future regenerative anatomy, editable without touching the genome.
Key empirical result demonstrating a sharp distinction between the cellular machine and the data it uses, analogous to false memory inception
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extracted_from(2021) · Joshua Bongard · Michael Levin
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- The paper's proposed dissolution of binary software/hardware distinction into a continuum
- First central claim of the paper: the machine concept used in organicist critiques is historically contingent, not essential
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