From: Joel Pitt (joel.pitt@gmail.com)
Date: Sun May 14 2006 - 21:35:43 MDT
On 5/15/06, Joel Pitt <joel.pitt@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/15/06, Mike Dougherty <msd001@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Is the human genome a self-referential program code? Though I cannot seem
> <snip>
> > Is it plausible that these "unknown format" sequences could be instructions
> > that are parsed above the biomechanical level? Could there be a "rendering
> > agent" that is acting on the aggregate of these sequences? Are we looking
> > at the Bits of DNA looking for Bytes and missing the Words? Could these
> > sequences be Turing rules for how to rewrite the tape containing the rules?
> > If the currently understood mechanics of DNA are the rules for manipulating
> > the substrate (biological nano replication) - is it possible these unknown
> > sequences encode either the sourcecode of the software on the substrate or
> > the current working memory (RAM) of the running program itself?
>
> DNA which does not directly translate into proteins or other
> substrates is used to control the expression of genes. Some bits of
Addendum: I didn't mean to imply that all non coding DNA has a
function. Alot of it is just junk or a sandbox for mutation to play
in.
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