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I'm concerned that you're ascribing unique characteristics to biological systems, when in fact we see the same characteristics in almost any natural system. Bio
by fwip 8y ago
I'm concerned that you're ascribing unique characteristics to biological systems, when in fact we see the same characteristics in almost any natural system. Biological systems don't solve protein folding. Proteins fold in biological systems.
Fluids take an enormous amount of computing power to simulate correctly. But water isn't smart, it just does what water does. Heck, the N-body problem is a classic O(n^2) algorithm, but we don't say that the planets and stars are "solving" it.
- narrator 8y agoThese techniques have already been used to solve problems using DNA computing [1]. Digital circuits don't solve anything either, they are just electrons flowing around mediated by semiconductors after all and the results of their computation are just measurements of electrical charge values after those physical systems have had time to flow around. As long as you can set the input and get a consistent output and measure that output you can compute with it. To use your logic: Large integrated circuits take an enormous amount of computing power to simulate correctly. But integrated circuits aren't smart, they just do what integrated circuits do. [1]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_computing https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_computing