Posted: Apr 16, 2012 10:16 am
by CharlieM
Just A Theory wrote:
The original assertion was that genetic sequences (of DNA) are algorithmically incompressible. Even if there is a differential rate of transcription between codons, the assertion of incompressibility is still false.


Are you saying that you could insert any equivalent codons (ie GCT for GCC) into the germ cell of an organism and still end up with a viable adult? Do you think that the timing of protein production is of little or no consequence? For example, would it matter if one protein sub-unit was produced ten times slower than its partner sub-units? An organism is an organized entity, organized in space and in time. And if you are arguing only about isolated DNA sequences then you are arguing about abstractions, not about life.