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A human contains code that can recreate a complete model of that human.... Maybe you're saying that a human can't fit into a human? I agree it's not a paradox,
by natosaichek 7y ago
A human contains code that can recreate a complete model of that human....
Maybe you're saying that a human can't fit into a human?
I agree it's not a paradox, but not for the reasons you seem to be implying.
- naringas 7y agowhat code are you refering to? if you mean DNA, then humans do not "speak" (nor think in) this code, heck... teams of people with post-docs don't even really understand it.
- JoeAltmaier 7y agoFurther, most of the 'program' is in the cellular mechanics. DNA does nothing just sitting on a table. It must have a machine to 'execute on', and the cellular machinery is a whopper. I liken DNA to a paper tape with two punches: one for 'man' and one for 'mouse'. You run it through an enormous machine, and depending on which hole is punched you get a man or a mouse. But the paper tape is an almost trivial part of the process.
- lisper 7y ago> A human contains code that can recreate a complete model of that human That's true, but irrelevant. We're talking about modeling a system here, not reproducing one. Those are not the same thing.
- SilasX 7y agoSufficiently advanced modeling is indistinguishable from reproduction.
- joyeuse6701 7y agoWouldn't that be more like, infinitely advanced modeling is indistinguishable from reproduction?
- cuspycode 7y agoDNA does not encode a complete model of the human that has the DNA, it encodes a bunch of potential clones of that human. This is an abstract, incomplete model. To encode a complete model you would need a complete physical measurement of this particular human as a physical system. But there is a theorem by Thomas Breuer that no physical system can contain a complete measurement of its own state.