How The Cost of Computation Restricts The Processes of Life

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27680/?p1=blogs

by mgl • 14 years ago

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schwa• 14 years ago

It sucks living in the slow zone.

jgarmon• 14 years ago

Vernor Vinge reference?

icegreentea• 14 years ago

I 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• 14 years ago

Looking 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• 14 years ago

Fascinating 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.

How The Cost of Computation Restricts The Processes of Life

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