(November 19, 2013 at 10:50 am)Chas Wrote:(November 19, 2013 at 12:42 am)snowtracks Wrote: dna nucleosome spooling (strands coil around a spool) has information storage density much greater than silicon chips. cell metabolism and replication functions need coded biological information to perform. without this information, chemistry is inert.
What you deem to be information is simply the cumulative change of successful biochemical reactions.
The information is the memory of successful biochemistry.
There is nothing more.
first sentence under dna wikipedia - Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a molecule that encodes the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms and many viruses.
so are you saying that's incorrect? or instuctions is not information?
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