Emergent biological principles and the computational properties of the universe

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dc.creatorDavies, P. C. W.
dc.date2004-08-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:21:16Z
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dc.descriptionThe claim that life is an emergent phenomenon exhibiting novel properties and principles is often criticized for being in conflict with causal closure at the microscopic level. I argue that advances in cosmological theory suggesting an upper bound on the information processing capacity of the universe may resolve this conflict for systems exceeding a certain threshold of complexity. A numerical estimate of the threshold places it at the level of a small protein. The calculation supports the contention that life is an emergent phenomenon.
dc.description9 pages. no figures, research paper
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0408014
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0408014
dc.identifierComplexity 10 (2004) 1
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/95546
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleEmergent biological principles and the computational properties of the universe
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