"But at that point your argument is almost tautological" Yes, that is the point: biodevelopment is deterministic and computational. Watch the Michael Levin vid

"But at that point your argument is almost tautological" Yes, that is the point: biodevelopment is deterministic and computational. Watch the Michael Levin video linked above: they cut the head of a planarian worm, it grows back a head; they cut the tail, it grows back a tail; they cut the tail and the head and change the bioelectric gradients, it grows back two heads or two tails.