Gospel Koan 10.4

Towards Life

Koan 10.4

Without the conference of difference, there would be no atoms, molecules or cells; no tissue, organs or systems; no sensation, thought or act.

Summary Exposition

The central mechanism is the principle of emergent complexity, where each level of organization from the physical to the biological to the conscious is built upon and requires the integrated cooperation of differences from the preceding level. A single, potent example is a neuron, which itself is a conference of difference of organelles and membranes, and whose capacity for sensation and thought depends entirely on the electrochemical conference across synaptic gaps with other neurons. The implication is a radical dependency: all complex structures and phenomena are utterly contingent upon this hierarchical nesting of relationality. There is no leap from simplicity to complexity without this mechanism.

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