Stephen Wolfram Introduces Ruliobiology: A Computational Theory of Biological Form
kovasb · x · 2026-10-24
Stephen Wolfram publishes a long-form essay introducing "ruliobiology," an attempt to build a general theoretical foundation for biological form, echoing Darwin's "endless forms most beautiful."
- Core idea: use simple computational rules (ruliology) to generate "rulioorganisms" and study how form emerges from rules;
- The essay covers novelty at every scale, open-ended evolution, convergent evolution, trait correlation, and extreme forms;
- It also touches on implications for astrobiology and whether natural selection alone can explain the origin of form.
Accompanying figures show galleries of rule-generated structures.
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