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> example in nature or science, of cellular automata Skin scales of ocellated lizards: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature22031 https://www.nature.com/artic
by wcoenen 6y ago
> example in nature or science, of cellular automata
Skin scales of ocellated lizards:
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature22031 https://www.nature.com/articles/nature22031
edit: more accessible article about the above paper, with pictures: https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.5.7369/full/ https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.5.7369/full...
My intuition is that a lot of embryology is also related to CA: cells have to build larger structures by using only local rules and state.
- jamiek88 6y agoThe embryology of the brain is an obvious candidate. Very small instruction set to build it, the neuron pattern repeated, local rules and state.