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DNA is often thought of as a mandatory programming code for cellular self-assembly, but this is outdated. Cells are simple, but they are not mere automatons exhibiting the same behavior. DNA is about possible physical configurations. Gene expression is the environment-driven selection of configurations, driven by "what it's like" for that cell. This is why I say that qualia are the basis of minds rather than their products. New bio preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.27.740886v1.full.pdf #biology #philosophy