Before evolution can select anything, a physically possible causal architecture must already exist for selection to exploit. The T4 bacteriophage, a mindless nanoscale machine whose structure executes functions that map onto both empowering and disempowering strategies in Forde's framework of social dynamics, demonstrates this principle at the nanoscale. The strategies mapped include security, knowledge, hope, fairness, unity, and dignity, alongside their darker counterparts: nativism, hierarchy, misinformation, subjugation, dehumanization, and fear. Each concept is paired with a specific biol
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