The Energetic Costs of Cellular Computation (2012)

arxiv.org

30 pointslioeters3 comments

This fits perfectly with my philosophy which says cost constraints determine internal structure in a system, structure and cost evolve together. While philosophers like to ignore costs and come up with "ideal conceivers" as if they would inherit our limited concepts but just have unlimited computational budget.

The "Chinese Room" has the rule book baked in from the start, costs were hidden. When you remove cost from the system of course you can't see the semantics.

> While philosophers like to ignore costs

Another word for "cost" is "constraint" and philosophers spend a great amount of effort on thinking about the consequences of constraints. I therefore have no idea where you are coming from.

> The "Chinese Room" has the rule book baked in from the start, costs were hidden.

What does the Chinese Room have to do with cell biology?

If anybody is confused what this is about, considering that cellular automata are a thing in CS: This is about cell biology.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com