"Life as autonomy" is an introductory section #BiologicalAutonomyMorenoMossio1. The main question of the book is how to characterise life?
A fundamental problem is the tension between the principle of continuity from inert to living, and the obvious differences between them.
Mar 20, 2020 β’ 6 tweets β’ 4 min read
Brain folds develop together with cytoarchitectonic regions and corticocortical connections. That folding results from a mechanical instability is now relatively well accepted. However, the pattern of these folds is still thought to reflect patterned gene expression #ohbmx
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Indeed, a genetic program could encode regionalisation, connectivity and folding patterns. But what if folding *patterns* were of mechanical origin too? That would mean that mechanics have a causal role in the development and evolution of brain organisation! #ohbmx
