Tag: information
No Free Lunch for Darwin — The AI Case Against Blind Evolution
Why won’t some scientists admit the information and intelligent design inherent in evolutionary computing?
Algorithmic Specified Complexity: Measuring Mount Rushmore
A non-humanoid gelatinous alien might assign no meaning to the faces on Mount Rushmore if the alien had never seen a humanoid.
DNA Storage Goes Biological
DNA is already known to be an ideal storage medium. Why not use cells to do the hard work?
RNA World: Repeated Downfalls, Repeated Resurrections
Alexander Oparin’s 1924 prediction that origin-of-life research would be solved “very, very soon” hasn’t quite turned out right.
#3 Story of 2020: On the Origin of Life, My Response to Jeremy England
Clearly, the questions he and I have discussed are not only of scientific or academic interest, but instead go to the root of life’s meaning and purpose.