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- From: onar@hsr.no (Onar Aam)
- Subject: Re: Information in a living cell (was: glass of water)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.184019.4218@hsr.no>
- Sender: news@hsr.no
- Organization: Rogaland University Centre
- References: <ZBoDuB10w165w@kalki33> <1992Nov17.170237@IASTATE.EDU> <1992Nov19.124217.8509@hsr.no> <98599@netnews.upenn.edu>
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 18:40:19 GMT
- Lines: 33
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- >In article <1992Nov19.124217.8509@hsr.no> onar@hsr.no (Onar Aam) writes:
- >...
- >>But ultimately, of course, the
- >>information in the cell can be packed down to the information of the genome since
- >>this information defines the *processes* which created the structures in the
- >>first place.
- >
- >This is in general not correct, since the environment in which the
- >cell grows will produce many effects which leave no trace in the DNA.
- >This is particularly true for neurons whose processes grow and form
- >connections and even decide whether or not they should run their
- >genetic "suicide" programs based on the surroundings in which they
- >mature. Onar, you still have a *lot* to learn about biology...
- >
- >>Onar.
- >
- >Mickey Rowe (rowe@pender.ee.upenn.edu)
- >
-
- Oh come on, Mickey. You know damn well what I meant if it hadn't been for your
- hostile attitude. Is there needed more information than the human genome provides
- to make a human? Except from the basic environment in which the human embryo
- grows (and the physical laws) the answer is no. Do the information of the
- properties that emerge on greater scales have *anything* to do with the
- information needed to create the conditions for them to emerge? No. You sounded
- like Kalki in this reply. So maybe I need to remind you as well as him:
- There is NO correlation between the information in a process and the
- information in the *states* of the process.
-
-
-
- Onar.
-
-