First of all, it's just a metaphor (ducking, the shoe barely missing my head) :-)
Second of all, that description of animal development sure sounds to me like "following a script". On Sat, May 8, 2021 at 2:23 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > This struck me: > > > > When animals develop, they don’t follow a script. Instead, responding to > their environment, the cells negotiate and feel their way toward a final > form. A fertilized egg divides, and divides again, creating a hollow ball > of cells called a blastula; genes instruct these cells to release > chemicals, and other cells, reacting to those chemical concentrations, > decide to migrate elsewhere or to develop into specific types of tissue. > Other influences—oxygen, nutrients, hormones, sometimes toxins—further > shape gestation. > https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/05/10/persuading-the-body-to-regenerate-its-limbs?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=tny&utm_mailing=TNY_Daily_050821&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&bxid=5bd678d924c17c104801f684&cndid=40835928&hasha=1dc6f15a30be2d4712fae5f0e5a9a679&hashb=5e4befc88214fadc869224d7cb34d55f51451bc7&hashc=0c6ef6b7bc8221288e1f4a4ca0116d78a21ebdbe47949488640c7c54c93120fb&esrc=AUTO_PRINT&utm_term=TNY_Daily > > > > First, note the reliance on psychological terms. This is the sort of > passage that would stimulate my teasing Hywel with, “So you see, Hywel, > psychology really IS the mother of all sciences.” And don’t any of you > DARE to come back at me with, “It’s just a metaphor.” > > > > Second, which of these two models encapsulates more closely what you > wizards mean by computation. Is carrying out an algorithm more like > “computation” or is “building a limb”? Is a salamander’s limb “computed”? > If so, who computes it, or is that a violation of the language of > computation. I know. Fools rush in where wise men fear to tread. > > > > Your loyal fool, > > > > Nic > > Nick Thompson > > [email protected] > > https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ > > > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >
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