Thank you so very much, A-G and CS!
There is no such thing as a “compelling case” for abject stupidity.
Thank you for this post!
In layman’s terms, explain Williams’ Autopoietic Model, part v.
Sales people are not allowed into my labs unless accompanied by corporate.
That could be a very long time, considering that single-celled organisms are essentially immortal. Programmed cell death is a rather modern invention in living things, a requirement of having specialized cells.
Seriously though, my earlier post is not a slam.....the basis of the article is the thinking that has progressed for AI to become an everyday reality very soon.
Excellent.
I don’t see any reference to Szostak in your essay. Is there a reason?
It’s only Shannon Theory, not Shannon Law
All proteins have neither DNA nor RNA, that is why they are called “proteins” they are made up of a chain of amino acids coded for by DNA in the form of a messenger RNA. The Prion protein has just as much “DNA” and “RNA” as any other gene product, in that a prion protein is coded for by a DNA gene using an RNA intermediary.
The “prion problem” is that they are misfolded, and can apparently, when ingested, make native proteins misfold as well.
When you say “In the Shannon model, prions would be incoherent in the channel because they have no discernible message” that would also be true of any protein, or any misfolded protein if you assume the “message” of any functional protein is that it is able to perform its function.
In other words the very first thing I read was a mess that made no sense to anybody who understand the science of molecular biology; but no worries, I don't think the target audience either desires or possesses such knowledge.
“Prions — typified as non-autonomous protein noise/mutation contributing to successful/failed communication (protein crystallization). Prions are protein molecules that have neither DNA nor RNA. Currently, prions are the suspected cause of bovine spongiform encephalopathy — Mad Cow Disease. In the Shannon model, prions would be incoherent in the channel because they have no discernible message; that is, neither DNA nor RNA. Thus the prion would lead to channel or decoding malfunctions.”
Absolutely outstanding betty boop!
Thanks for posting.
Information doesn't exist independent of the physcal machinery that gives rise to it, or holds it as a configuration of physical reality. One can not define the underlying physics out of any instance of reality. Any and every instance of information requires an underlying physical reality to support it. Without that underlying reality to support the instance, there can be no instance.
"In a computer, as information theory shows, the content is manifestly independent of its material substrate. No possible knowledge of a computer’s materials can yield any information whatsoever about the actual content of its computations. In the usual hierarchy of causation, they reflect the software or ‘source code’ used to program the device; and, like the design of the computer itself, the software is contrived by human intelligence.
Information theory relies on a generalized physical machine. You wrote down a diagram of that generalized physical machine, which is required for any and every instance of information to exist. The only independence there is here, is from any particular instance(s) of the underlying supporting physical machinery.
Note there's no point in mentioning that an examination of the computer's materials won't allow one to uncover any instance of information. The physical machinery of the computer can be examined though, and any instance of information that exists on it uncovered. The same goes for the machinery of mind that created the computer and any instantiaiton of software that exists, because of either machine.
"The failure of purely physical theories to describe or explain information reflects Shannon’s concept of entropy and his measure of ‘news.’
Physical theory covers the required underly pohysics of the machinery that makes possible any and every instance of information. Without the underlying physics, there can be no information.
"Information is defined by its independence from physical determination: If it is determined, it is predictable and thus by definition not information."
Reality can't be defined out of reality. If information is determined, it's simply determined. That says nothing about predictability.
" Yet Darwinian science seemed to be reducing all nature to material causes.” — George Gilder, “Evolution and Me,” National Review, July 17, 2006, p. 29f. "
The particulars of Biology covers the function, appearence and development of the physical machinery of the various organisms. All that's needed to know and understand Biology is contained in the underlying physics.
IBT *It’s not science, it’s religious apologetics* crowd.
If what you have written purports to be science, why is it posted in the Religion Forum?
bump for a good paper. Thanks for the read. 8-)
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Why does the 2nd law of thermodynamics only apply to organisms after they die? Can their information content still be communicated? And why or why not?