yeah I think realistically what we’re actually seeing is that interaction networks are neuron-like redundant communication of morphogenic targets, and every cell is a complex redundant state machine which communicates using a variety of methods with neighbors. Bioelectricity is one of those network channels, and due to being able to react fast, is an important one, but chemical signaling will also be involved for slower messages or more precise messages or what have you. it does seem like he’s shown strong evidence for bioelectric signaling being probably the dominant cell role tag, with other signaling networks being involved in a different role than bioelectric, though this field isn’t where I’ve gone deep and I’m missing a lot of existing knowledge that probably answers many of these questions.
yeah I think realistically what we’re actually seeing is that interaction networks are neuron-like redundant communication of morphogenic targets, and every cell is a complex redundant state machine which communicates using a variety of methods with neighbors. Bioelectricity is one of those network channels, and due to being able to react fast, is an important one, but chemical signaling will also be involved for slower messages or more precise messages or what have you. it does seem like he’s shown strong evidence for bioelectric signaling being probably the dominant cell role tag, with other signaling networks being involved in a different role than bioelectric, though this field isn’t where I’ve gone deep and I’m missing a lot of existing knowledge that probably answers many of these questions.