2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/109851Physical processes are computations only when we use them to externalize thought. Computation is the performance of one or more fixed processes within a contingent environment. We reformulate the Church-Turing thesis so that it applies to programs rather than to computability. When suitably formulated agent-based computing in an open, multi-scalar environment represents the current consensus view of how we interact with the world. But we don't know how to formulate multi-scalar environments.12 pages. Submitted for conference presentationMultiagent SystemsGeneral Literaturetext