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Is it not true that some of the confusion stems from the mistaken idea that DNA is computing/computable? One might make logic gates out of plumbing, but the plu
by NoMoreNicksLeft 3y ago
Is it not true that some of the confusion stems from the mistaken idea that DNA is computing/computable? One might make logic gates out of plumbing, but the plumbing at my house isn't some 0.1Hz computing device, it's indoor water so I can boil pasta, brush my teeth, and flush away smelly waste.
DNA's primary (though maybe not only) function is to act as a blueprint for constructing proteins. What little logic exists in it naturally has to do with conditionally expressing those only when it is advantageous to the organism. That's not necessarily the same thing as a logical if.