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I'd argue you could even take that one step further. Limiting it to the data encoded by DNA does not take into account what it is interacting with. DNA interact
by robviren 1y ago
I'd argue you could even take that one step further. Limiting it to the data encoded by DNA does not take into account what it is interacting with. DNA interacts with an ocean of protein leading to untold numbers of interactions. The DNA could just be the operating system in all this calling upon RNA and other "devices" to execute functions.
To expand upon your compression idea, the index it is using exists outside the DNA encoding itself which means it could be holding an absolute ton of data.
Bonus: https://xkcd.com/3056/ https://xkcd.com/3056/
- bossyTeacher 1y agoIndeed. Chances are that the DNA itself is but one part of the puzzle. The protein soup the DNA interacts with is partially random and partially a consequence of the DNA itself and that interplay is likely a complexity space several orders of magnitude bigger than the DNA itself
- EvanAnderson 1y ago> The DNA could just be the operating system... I am fond of the analogy of DNA to procedural generation. The "operating system", as I see it, is physics. Everything else is primitives built on top of that. Our brains can't begin to comprehend the untold multitudes of interactions occurring at a molecular scale over geologic time.
- rhelz 1y agoSaying that the information doesn't come from the DNA, but from the environment--well that is just conceding my point. Sure, environment is way, way, more important to the formation of who you are than genetics is.