Breakthroughs are whole new ways of thinking about biology. Darwinian evolution and the DNA revolution are prime examples. What else? Complex systems? Emergence? Reductionism (bottoms-up mechanisms) vs. holism (top-down organization)? What’s the role of technology breakthroughs, especially biotech and artificial intelligence (AI)?
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Stuart Alan Kauffman is an American theoretical biologist and complex systems researcher who studies the origin of life on Earth.
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