Manual of Botanical Simulation Science

When we look at a digitally rendered tree, its digital nature is not merely a superficial appearance but is inherent within it: the pixels of which it is composed could just as easily calculate and animate an internal living space within that tree. 

In a similar way, real plant tissue could also be understood as a carrier of internal information structures that are not immediately visible but nevertheless determine how the plant functions. This perspective allows us to view plants not merely as passive living beings, but as active agents within a dynamic network of information.

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Ancient traditions recognized plants as meaningful, living beings. Natural philosophy and alchemy sought hidden orders within visible life. Bioelectricity revealed plants as signal-generating systems. Systems biology and network theory described plants as distributed organisms of coordination and adaptation. Digital simulation and game design provided a language for agents, environments, feedback loops, and inner worlds. Quantum biology opened up additional perspectives