“The Elephant Lecture”
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Transcript of “The Elephant Lecture”
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“The Elephant Lecture”
INBIOSA, Sterling29 Aug. 2011
Gerard Jagers op Akkerhuis(the slides are accompanied by notes!!)
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What is the problem? Existing attempts at integration seem not to
solve “hard” problems (INBIOSA)
Progress of science is blocked
Why is this a problem?
Can this challenge be met?
Is there an elephant in the room?
But where to search for an
“invisible”elephant?…
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Use four straight lines
and connect all dots
without lifting the pen from the paper
Maybe the elephant hides outside our view?
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fractals
hierarchy
genetics
quantum physics
modularity
chemistrymodelling
neural networks
genetic algorithms
AI
semiotics sociology
complexity
biophysics
autopoiesis
robotics life
evolution
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What is the “right” angle to find the
elephant?
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Biosphere
Ecosystem
Community
Organ systems
Population
Organisms
Organelles
Organs
Tissues
Molecules
Atoms
Cells
Fundamental particles
Miller: Living systems
An example of a conventional approach to system organization
How is this constructed?
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Biosphere
Ecosystem
Community
Organ systems
Population
Organisms
Organelles
Organs
Tissues
Molecules
Atoms
Cells
Fundamental particles
What have we learned from our example?
Are we maybe “cheating” by fitting a straight line through more-dimensional data?
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OrganellesPopulation
Biosphere
Ecosystem
Community
Molecules
Atoms
Cells (bacteria sl)
Fundamental particles
Endosymbionts
Multicellulars
Biosphere
Ecosystem
Community
Organ systems
Population
Organisms
Organelles
Organs
Tissues
Molecules
Atoms
Cells
Fundamental particles
Organs
Tissues
Organ systems
Organs
Organ systems
The operator hierarchy
Let’s consider the separate steps in detail:
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Organelles
PopulationBiosphere
Ecosystem
Community
Organs
Tissues
Organ systems
OrgansOrgan systems
Molecules
Atoms
Cells (bacteria sl)
Fundamental particles
Endosymbionts
Multicellulars
HadronsINWARD: Internal differentiations
UPWARD: Operators
OUTWARD: Interaction systems
Miller: Living systems
can be improved
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The operator hierarchy depends on ‘closure’:
cyclic process >
cyclic shape >
• distinguishes a particle from its environment (Heylighen)
Closure as the operator hierarchy uses it, is caused by:
a new cyclic shape and
a new cyclic process,
which together create the first-next level of selforganization
For example:
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2. Interaction systems
1. Operators (first-next possible closure)
3. Internal differentiation
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interfacehypercyclemulti-particleHMISCISAE
closure dimensions
clo
sure levels
particles
quark-gluon interaction
hadron
atom
cell
memon
atom nucleus
confinement
electron shell
euk. multicell. neuron cycle
sensors
cell membrane
autocatalysis
molecule
eukaryote cell
predictions
multicellular
The operator hierarchy
Mind that grey bars represent intermediate
system states required to create the operators
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The operator hierarchyInteresting theory, but what is it good for?Examples of applications….
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- Not relevant: Metabolism
- Not relevant: Reproduction
+ Hierarchical definition
Application 1: Life (not ‘living’!) = all operators from the level of the cell and up
- Not only relevant: First cell
+ Basic structures: operators
+ No circularity
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multicellulars
Memons
unicellular endosymbionts
bacteria sl
Application 2: an additional levelin the ‘tree of life’
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Application 3: The future of evolution
As soon as we provide these things, which we regard as
“machines”, with the appropriate neural structure,
they fit to the operator hierarchy and are life
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Summary:
Life
Memon
Future
In other words…
Closure
Three dimensions for hierarchy
Operator hierarchy
An integration framework across disciplines
A tool for analysis
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Thank you for your attentionGerard Jagers op Akkerhuis
[email protected] and www.hypercycle.nl
The operator hierarchyAn “invisible” elephant in the room