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To: Sentis
"You haven't a clue how DNA or computers work. You are spouting nonsense and continue spouting it even after I have explained why it is wrong a hundred times."

You haven't been correct yet.

You have posted the bizarre claim (above - this thread) that DNA doesn't process information or commands in genetic data.

That's simply wrong.

If what you said was true, then to completely turn off a gene one would have to remove/erase ALL of the genetic code in said gene.

But we don't have to.

We can (and do) leave the entire gene essentially intact, yet we can still turn it off by adding a single genetic instruction at the beginning of the gene in order to instruct the DNA processor to ignore the remaining commands/data in whatever gene we wish to turn off.

Thus, we can completely turn off a gene without erasing it from the DNA system, and this is ONLY POSSIBLE because DNA processes commands/data/information.

There is no other explanation. You are welcome to babble on about how DNA doesn't process anything, but get real, you aren't fooling anyone but yourself.

What I've posted above is logically infallable. You can't touch it. There is simply no way for you to explain how a gene can be turned off without either erasing or deleting it, EXCEPT to say what I've been saying all along, that DNA processes data/commands (including commands that tell the DNA to skip the rest of the gene).

It's a proven Turing Machine (and more), for crying out loud!

Come on man, snap out of your funk! This is science! This is how DNA works!

437 posted on 02/17/2003 1:15:30 PM PST by Southack (Media bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: Southack
Sentis is right: DNA is just the memory. Memory chips don't process information. They STORE information. You kind of acknowledge this when you say "the DNA system" processes the information, but then of course you're referring to the organism as a whole, not the DNA.

I couldn't begin to describe what base the organism as a whole is made up of. Base 20, perhaps, from the 20 amino acids? I still think there's no there there, because organisms are analog/digital hybrids. But to each their own...

441 posted on 02/17/2003 1:30:08 PM PST by jennyp (http://crevo.bestmessageboard.com)
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