biological computation

A biological computation is a computation that any biological system does and needs in order to reduce entropy and succeed in its intent.

A biological computation seen exclusively from a minformation perspective can be modeled with the minformation computation hypothesis.

Any biological system requires the processing of stimulus in order to function and navigate reality. The minformation computation hypothesis states that the processing can be understood as an ongoing set of biological computations with the single goal to reduce complexity by generating abstraction.

In humans, biological computation is not exclusive to the brain and it includes many sub-biological systems. mind-body system is used to as the subject of the computation.

reasoning is the biological computation that uses all the mind-body system to relate and reduce the entropy of the environment.

We tend to think about human reasoning as a superior form of intelligence compared to other biological computations (E: A sunflower processing how to face the sun), but the only difference is in the complexity of the computation. Both aim to reduce entropy and both require an intent. We think about human intelligence as superior because of the attribution of free will to the subject, and therefore the nature of the intent.

E: One of sunflower's intents is to maximize sun exposure in order to maximize its growth, the process from which translates the multiple sources of input information into the signals that decide which side of the stem to elongate its a biological computation. The input information includes the stimulus such as light and temperature, the dna and many other internal states. Many sub-computations take place. Major ones will include the filtering of the light spectrum that the plant is interested on, the transduction of the filtered light into other signals that set its internal circadian clock, or the growth of the plant itself orchestrated by the dna. All these sub-computations together produce the signals (abstractions) that will make one side of the sunflower stem to elongate more than the other in order to follow the sun.