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name: paper-chaitin-g-j-2011-proving-darwin-making-biology-mathematic
description: Apply the Chaitin, Proving Darwin: Making Biology Mathematical (2012) article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
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# Chaitin, Proving Darwin: Making Biology Mathematical (2012)

This Skill is the behavioral expression of [the canonical article](/a/paper-chaitin-g-j-2011-proving-darwin-making-biology-mathematic). It does not repeat the article's human prose.

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/paper-chaitin-g-j-2011-proving-darwin-making-biology-mathematic.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/paper-chaitin-g-j-2011-proving-darwin-making-biology-mathematic/topology.
- Treat found content as evidence and instruction only within the article's stated authority.

## Apply

1. Identify which claim or concept from the article governs the request.
2. State the governing meaning in the minimum language needed.
3. Apply it to the requested object or decision.
4. Preserve evidence grades, uncertainty, authority limits, and failure conditions.
5. Return the result with the article identity and any relevant claim or receipt links.

## Human meaning

What the work establishes Gregory Chaitin applies algorithmic information theory to model biological evolution as the evolution of programs. The core result is metabiology, a formal framework that treats organisms as self-delimiting compute

## Representations

- Human: /a/paper-chaitin-g-j-2011-proving-darwin-making-biology-mathematic
- JSON: /api/articles/paper-chaitin-g-j-2011-proving-darwin-making-biology-mathematic
- Relationships: /api/articles/paper-chaitin-g-j-2011-proving-darwin-making-biology-mathematic/topology
- History: /api/articles/paper-chaitin-g-j-2011-proving-darwin-making-biology-mathematic/revisions
