What does this mean in terms of (the possibility of) making a Star Trek
transporter? :)
[ https://www.thoughtco.com/star-trek-instantaneous-matter-transport-3072118
]
- pt
On Thursday, November 29, 2018 at 8:34:23 PM UTC-6, Monterey wrote:
>
> 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]
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 9:08 PM Martin Abramson <[email protected]
>> <javascript:>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
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