A quick thread on our @Nature paper on Assembly Theory. https://nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06600-9... See more
A quick thread on our @Nature paper on Assembly Theory. https://nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06600-9… 1/10 Assembly theory provides a new framework to understand selection and evolution that integrates physics and biology. It redefines objects not as particles but by their formation histories.
“This phenomenon, in which components join together to form larger, stable structures having new properties that could not have been predicted from the characteristics of the individual parts, is known as self-assembly. It is observed at many scales in nature. In the human body, for example, large molecules self-assemble into cellular components kn
... See moreJoanne Avison • Yoga: Fascia, Anatomy and Movement: Fascia, Form and Functional Movement
There are, however, on this planet phenomena that are hidden in plain sight. These are the phenomena that we study as complex systems: the convoluted exhibitions of the adaptive world—from cells to societies.
Jessica C. Flack • Worlds Hidden in Plain Sight: The Evolving Idea of Complexity at the Santa Fe Institute, 1984–2019 (Compass)
we will now give our unifying theory of reality a proper name: the integrated evolutionary synthesis.