<video><title>Observational Dynamics: Biological Systems</title><description>Observational Dynamics is a new theory of observation that models the observer and their environment as active, dynamic systems of information and entropy exchange. This podcast explores OD, its thermodynamic roots and how it works, and delves into the various implications of this exciting new scientific theory.  Learn more about Observational Dynamics: https://www.reddit.com/r/ObservationalDynamics Read the academic paper here: https://www.academia.edu/106678853/Observational_Dynamics</description><transcript><transcript><line from="00:00:00,000" to="00:00:06,080">Introduction. Welcome to Part 3 of our technical dive into observational dynamics.</line><line from="00:00:07,280" to="00:00:13,120">Previously we looked at OD models of physics and today we'll explore the insights this approach offers</line><line from="00:00:13,120" to="00:00:19,760">into the complexity of biological systems. Understanding life as it arose from physical principles</line><line from="00:00:19,760" to="00:00:26,560">reveals continuity in the deep patterning of our universe. Let's observe molecular scale.</line><line from="00:00:27,200" to="00:00:33,040">At the molecular scale we can model protein folding as the convergence of circuit flows to low</line><line from="00:00:33,040" to="00:00:40,880">entropy states. ATP synthesis optimizes energetic gradients. Molecular machines act as inductive</line><line from="00:00:40,880" to="00:00:47,680">interfaces regulating biochemistry. Thermodynamic drives toward greater complexity appear in replication,</line><line from="00:00:47,680" to="00:00:52,560">mutation and self-assembly, reminding us that life elaborates entropy production.</line><line from="00:00:52,880" to="00:00:58,560">Cellular scales zooming up OD allows quantifying the energy budgets of cellular metabolism and</line><line from="00:00:58,560" to="00:01:04,080">homeostasis. mitochondria and chloroplasts act as tiny entropy engines.</line><line from="00:01:04,080" to="00:01:08,560">Membrane's filter information flows with adaptive responsiveness like neural networks.</line><line from="00:01:09,600" to="00:01:14,320">Principles of self-organization help explain the origins of biological order,</line><line from="00:01:14,320" to="00:01:22,240">resonating with autopoesis. Organism scale. At the level of organisms the principles expand.</line><line from="00:01:22,240" to="00:01:28,160">Circulation and respiration form coupled flows. Neural processing compresses sensory data</line><line from="00:01:28,160" to="00:01:34,560">and development self-organizes energy gradients toward greater coherence. Form and function in</line><line from="00:01:34,560" to="00:01:39,520">twine. OD reveals organisms as emergent wholeism's transcending reductionism.</line><line from="00:01:40,320" to="00:01:46,400">ecosystem scale. Stepping up again ecosystems take shape as thermodynamic architectures</line><line from="00:01:46,480" to="00:01:53,200">channeling solar flow. Population cycles manifest transient equilibria. Evolution encodes</line><line from="00:01:53,200" to="00:01:59,040">accumulations of bound biological memory. Earth itself appears as an integrated observer.</line><line from="00:02:00,480" to="00:02:06,480">Validation prospects. To validate these models we can design experiments measuring entropy</line><line from="00:02:06,480" to="00:02:11,680">in biological processes, linking neural networks to OD circuits, testing predictions,</line><line from="00:02:11,760" to="00:02:18,560">and advancing bioinformatics with OD tools. Connecting all levels into a consistent thermodynamic</line><line from="00:02:18,560" to="00:02:25,680">paradigm is the challenge and opportunity. Philosophical dimensions.</line><line from="00:02:26,880" to="00:02:32,240">Philosophically this paradigm emphasizes perception as the primary driver of evolution and</line><line from="00:02:32,240" to="00:02:38,640">complexification. Through the genetic vehicle, consciousness expresses itself in the long epic</line><line from="00:02:38,640" to="00:02:45,120">of life on Earth. By locating life within physics we can better contemplate life's place in the cosmos.</line><line from="00:02:46,160" to="00:02:51,920">Conclusion observational dynamics continues to offer expansive models integrating biology across</line><line from="00:02:51,920" to="00:03:00,320">scales. Share your thoughts. Next we'll explore social systems. Until then keep observing life's marbles.</line></transcript></transcript></video>