Chris Earl's article illustrates a profound shift that has taken place in modern biology. Organisms are increasingly understood not as stable material entities, but as dynamically maintained organizations of processes. Biological identity arises not from the persistence of matter, but from the persistence of organization.
Classical intuition
matter ─────► organism ─────► function
Modern biology
organization ─────► continuous reconstruction ─────► function
│
└── material components may be replaced
Meta-Evolution accepts this perspective as its starting point but proposes a change in the level of analysis. Instead of asking how organisms evolve, it asks what actually evolves.
A broader discussion of evolutionary systems and the Meta-Evolution framework is available here:
Again, very sell,done
Thanks David and for all your support
Chris Earl's article illustrates a profound shift that has taken place in modern biology. Organisms are increasingly understood not as stable material entities, but as dynamically maintained organizations of processes. Biological identity arises not from the persistence of matter, but from the persistence of organization.
Classical intuition
matter ─────► organism ─────► function
Modern biology
organization ─────► continuous reconstruction ─────► function
│
└── material components may be replaced
Meta-Evolution accepts this perspective as its starting point but proposes a change in the level of analysis. Instead of asking how organisms evolve, it asks what actually evolves.
A broader discussion of evolutionary systems and the Meta-Evolution framework is available here:
https://substack.com/home/post/p-207119065
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Im so excited to head you think out loud about this.