My original question was about copying memories between identical carbon atoms. How does that work with DNA molecules? Are they composed of carbon atoms?
On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 10:37 AM John Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 9:08 PM Martin Abramson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > *How do they replicate themselves with the exact same memory engrams as >> before? Thanks for the response. m.a.* >> > > The exact mechanism depends on the specific example, computers have many > different ways to duplicate information. In the case of DNA the double > helix unravels and splits down the middle so you have 2 single helix > molecules, but each helix still contains as much information as the > original double helix because the 4 bases in the helix is what carries the > information and Adenine only binds with Thymine and Cytosine only binds > with Guanine. So each single helix can grab free bases floating around and > start to grow, and pretty soon you have 2 identical double helix molecules > where there was only one before. > > John K Clark > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
