I am aware that that is the point of Wolfram's book and I disagree with it very strongly. His book shows a lot of kaleidoscopic pictures, but I have not seen or heard how this all applies specifically to living things and what we know about them. The variety of life is tremendous and the modes by which it has been achieved, are also very varied. On post# 518 I gave the example of a gene which uses dna which is not part of the protein as a 'timer' to properly regulate its production. In other posts I pointed out the similarities between mice and bats but asked what rules could possibly have created the information for the bat to lower the weight of its bones, make them more fit for flight, give it wings, and create a fantastic sonar. The bat would not be a viable creature without all of them together and no stochastic method or simple rules could have achieved that.
In short, now set of simple rules could have written Macbeth, nor could they have written the human DNA code which is more complex, far longer and more full of surprises than any novel.