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 <johnkcl...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 9:08 PM Martin Abramson <martinabrams...@gmail.com> > 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
