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biologyevolutioncognitionpre-biologydependencyconstraintexperiencebehaviourbraincellsmulti-cellularrelationevaluation

a basic phenomenal trace for writing scientific writingsoftware (code)external artefact (serialised)action/ behaviour <operation>internal artefact (graph)communication <synchronisation>general writingbiologypre-biologycognitionknowledgeevolutionwriting <serialisation>transformation <encoding>knowledge -> languagereading <interpretation>language -> knowledgetransformation <decoding>autonomyreplicationencapsulationwritten worddependencyconstraintphenomenal/ compositional/ superveningcausal peer

an introduction

Consider catalysis: a catalyst transforms reactant to product. #fig “catalysis consumes reactant, and emits by-product” Consider a catalyst with a secondary side-effect – which further shape-or-influence circumstances. #fig #tbc Consider that shaping-or-influencing also takes input (priors, to shape-or-influence), and also emits (or results in) by-product – whatever has been shaped-or-influenced #fig #tbc Consider that each phenomena fitting this description intersects circumstantial change across two separate domains. #fig “just as an electrical transformer intersects two electrical circuits”...

Consider catalysis as a fundamental prior of biological mechanisms (including replication: catalyst {step > sequence } -> replicator {step > sequence}) “catalysis consumes reactant, and emits by-product: a catalyst transforms reactant to product 1” Via intermediate form; under specific circumstances. ↩︎

We are the mechanical descendants of catalysts, though we expire and deconstruct, when we run out of reactant. #tbc

How might we describe a machine? #tbc