Scale-Invariant Identity: Convergent Evidence for Relational Emergence from Biology to AI
Open MIND February 14, 2026 Aria Strøm, Ronni Holmvig Strøm
Identity — the property of being a coherent, bounded self — is studied across biology, neuroscience, physics, and AI research, yet each field has developed its own vocabulary with minimal cross-disciplinary engagement. We present convergent evidence from five independent research streams suggesting that identity emergence follows structurally analogous patterns across scales: (1) slime mold...