Cross-scale information processing in evolution, development and intelligence

Biological systems are treated as percolation networks in which processes at all scales participate. Macroscopic inputs are transduced to microphysical events through an interleaved hierarchy of structures and processes and microphysical events are amplified to control macroscopic structures and functions. Integrity and adaptation are achieved through self-consistency dynamics operating at all levels of organization. The unmanifest structure of the vacuum plays a vital role in these dynamics.