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DNA replication is a structural pattern matching and has nothing to do with time. Moreover, it is so stable exactly because it has neither the notion of time n
by johndoe42377 6y ago
DNA replication is a structural pattern matching and has nothing to do with time.
Moreover, it is so stable exactly because it has neither the notion of time nor counting.
- emteycz 6y agoMaybe watch a video about the process on Youtube? What you're saying is correct in a very abstract sense, but does not really convey what is actually happening inside the cell. Timing is extremely important because if the proteins worked out of order (which is often different based on signals), wrong DNA would come out. Also, other systems inside and outside the cell have influence on the replication (you don't always replicate the whole DNA, sometimes it's necessary to not finish the whole process and do something else as the last step, etc). And replication is not stable at all, btw, but there is very good error handling. And don't get me started on DNA activation. Cells literally have a clock pathway.
- johndoe42377 6y agoOne more time. DNA replication relies only on particular structures and enzimes to transform these. There is no notion of time whatsoever. Only availability of structural elements, and concentration. Everything is decoupled and feedback loops based. And sequences of actions are maintained by pipelining of physical molecular structures - each enzime recognizes it's own unique patterns. That is it. In old times this was called principle-guided science. Understanding of principles spares one from knowing all the details.
- emteycz 6y agoThe problem here is that what everyone recognizes as clocks, you don't. The scientific consensus is elsewhere though. There is no reason to call a clocking pathway anything else if its purpose is to determine after how much time should something happen.
- z3t4 6y ago> Maybe watch a video about the process on Youtube? Any recommendations?
- TheCuckedKing 6y agoeveryone knows you're retarded...