Hi Horse and Dan
On 2010-07-11 23:55, Horse wrote:
DNA is information about life - it's not life itself. Biological
patterns are self-replicating perpetuating patterns which emerge from
inorganic patterns so I don't see any reason why life can't exist on a
computer. Carbon based life uses DNA to transmit information about how
to build and replicate living entities from the simplest single-celled
creature up, so there is no reason to suppose that other alternate
life-forms (not necessarily based on carbon) can't use something similar
to DNA to transmit information about how build and replicate alternate
forms of life.
Yes, that too. It's not really life at all, just blueprints.
Also, regarding Dan's comment about Cassini and Huygens at Saturn (and
on Titan). Does anyone here know more about those sulphur based worms
near the lava vents on the bottom of the Atlantic? I mean, since they
are not carbon based, it's pretty hard to imagine they using DNA for
their blueprints, nor amino acids, proteins etc. etc. We probably don't
have to send zoologists to Titan to find non DNA based life, just a few
1000 m down under the Atlantic surface will suffice.
Magnus
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