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But you can also embed interesting information into an image without distorting the image itself (much). Similarly, the DNA of most organisms have a ton of garb
by acomar 14y ago
But you can also embed interesting information into an image without distorting the image itself (much). Similarly, the DNA of most organisms have a ton of garbage space that could be used to encode information without hurting the organism.
Not saying it's practical or desirable, just that it is possible.
- scarmig 14y agoSo, we could end up with a (drum roll please) stenographic stegosaurus? Edited to add: Ruined my own punchline. Steganographic stegosaurus, damnit!
- dontblink 14y agoLeads me to wonder if the current "garbage" sequences in our own DNA could be encoded information that we were meant to decode - and by that I mean that that information may not just be entirely genetic code.
- xanadohnt 14y agoThat's some seriously astute extrapolation! Nice idea, friend.
- will_work4tears 14y agoIt's the memories of all of our ancestors. I must not fear, fear is the mind killer...
- UnFleshedOne 14y agoThey are not garbage sequences iirc, they control gene expression. DNA is a string that is coiled tight several times over itself (can't explain better than that, see the video below :)). So the garbage sequence is like padding that pushes genes in and out of areas that can be read. Changing amount or composition(?) of the garbage can turn a gene on or off just because it becomes inaccessible to RNA replication mechanism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW5JnYZImJA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW5JnYZImJA