So how would this process work in the context of a self-organizing criticality (SOC) [0]? I've long taken that to be one of the more plausible mechanisms for g

So how would this process work in the context of a self-organizing criticality (SOC) [0]? I've long taken that to be one of the more plausible mechanisms for getting to simple automata. I guess this could work in conjunction with SOC, providing discrete stages for development. Interesting stuff. [0]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-organized_criticality https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-organized_criticality