Bacterial wisdom, Godel's theorem and creative genomic webs

被引:39
作者
Ben-Jacob, E [1 ]
机构
[1] Tel Aviv Univ, Raymond & Beverly Sackler Fac Exact Sci, Sch Phys & Astron, IL-69978 Tel Aviv, Israel
来源
PHYSICA A | 1998年 / 248卷 / 1-2期
基金
以色列科学基金会;
关键词
Godel; global brain; smart bacteria; cooperative evolution; creativity; paradoxes;
D O I
10.1016/S0378-4371(97)00529-3
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
This paper is devoted to presenting an alternative approach to the Darwinnian one. The basic assumption is that the creativity observed in nature is not an illusion but part of an objective reality. In the new picture evolutionary progress is not a result of successful accumulation of mistakes, but is rather the outcome of designed creative processes in the genome.
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页码:57 / 76
页数:20
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