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rottc0dd ◴[15 May 25 07:54 UTC] No.43992820[source]▶

Are cells not computers in some way? We are made of cells and cells work with chromosomes. Chromosomes are coded with ATGC pairs and each triplet is capable of creating proteins.

And the activation and deactivation of some triplet happens on response to presence of proteins. So, chromosomes are code and input and output is proteins. So, if our fundamental building blocks are computable in nature, what does it make us?

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TapamN ◴[15 May 25 11:29 UTC] No.43993901[source]▶

>>43992820 #

IIRC, Gödel, Escher, Bach discusses comparing chromosome/protein generation and computation.

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1. rottc0dd ◴[15 May 25 11:36 UTC] No.43993948[source]▶

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You might like Gene: An intimate history[0]. It was really good book.

[0]: https://www.amazon.com/Gene-Intimate-History-Siddhartha-Mukh...

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