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How The Cost of Computation Restricts The Processes of Life
- schwa 15y agoIt sucks living in the slow zone.
- jgarmon 15y agoVernor Vinge reference?
- icegreentea 15y agoI don't really see how optimal survival strategy and fundamental energetic constraints are not linked. The process of germination certainly takes additional structures and systems that would have to evolve.
- madhadron 15y agoLooking at the original article, I'd be surprised if this wasn't already known in the 1960s, just expressed in a somewhat different mathematical language. As for the linked article, I think I had better start posting some biology to Hacker News to get the standard up...
- abc_lisper 15y agoFascinating stuff. However, I would still say that this evolutionarily optimized, with energy consumed being a factor in success. It is worth noting that fundamental limit discovered is achieved by evolution. It did its job right.