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Are cells intelligent?
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After talking about all these amazing
qualities of and self correction/adaptation abilities we have yet to answer one
fundamentally important questions, are individual cells intelligent- in the
sense of a basic level of object cognizance?, or are they a dumb, organic
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Intelligence is somewhere- but we can't
see it |
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In a scientific world still coming to
terms each day with the raft of genetic discoveries and their influence on the
physical human, the question of cellular intelligence other than DNA is
considered secondary and largely inconsequential. |
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In the genetic world, we have been taught that our
function, our height, even our general health and probable cause of death can
now be found in DNA. As we know, DNA is a molecular code which the cell reads
and then performs certain functions. |
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Therefore if our physical life is all written down,
the geneticists argue that this is the greatest goal- to unlock the secrets of
the human genetic code. To many in the scientific community, the cell is
nothing more than an organic machine, a pre-programmed machine. |
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However, the discovery of the Retrovirus, a biologic
program that attacks DNA and re-writes programs is evidence that even DNA is
not immune to being dramatically modified in parts. |
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With the recognition of Tubulin Dimers as a binary
method of vast information storage via the structural arrangement of tubulin
dimers into arrangements of 010's etc, we see real evidence of an extended
information system within cells. |
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Our challenge then should no longer be with the
question- are cells intelligent and sufficiently unique?, rather it should be-
how is a cells information system structured? and why? |
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The importance of understanding information systems
structure for understanding more complex life |
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Not only is understanding and seeing the information
structure of a cell important to understanding the function and purpose of
components of a cell. It is also vital so that the function and operation of
more complex cells like neurons can be understood. Without understanding the
function of the "generic" species cell, then it is difficult, to
understand the function of the larger
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The binary memory capacity of tubulin dimers |
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A general estimate of the processing power of a cells
total cytoskeleton system (thanks to the structure and unique function of
microtubules), we arrive to a figure around 460K to 550k information storage
(0's and 1's) as well as around a 100K to 300K parallel information processing
capacity thanks to MAPs.
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A general estimate of the processing power of a cells
total cytoskeleton system (thanks to the structure and unique function of
microtubules), we arrive to a figure around 460K to 550k information storage
(0's and 1's) as well as around a 100K to 300K parallel information processing
capacity thanks to MAPs. |
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The journey of mind |
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Yet is DNA the only thing that makes us as human? We
recognize that mind is something free to a certain extent of the body in which
it resides. If this were not true, then the arguments of eugenicists (people
who advocate racial prejudice and elimination of the weak) would be proven, in
only the physically most perfect members of the human race contributing the
greatest good. |
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Therefore, we see a common sense argument as to the
mind of a cell being something with independent existence to the uncompromising
unraveling of DNA code. Our code
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The need to classify memory |
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In describing and seeking answers to the question of
intelligence, we need to find a means of classification of the concept of
physical memory. |
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DNA- proteins, DNA responses
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| Live memory (consciousness)
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The need to classify memory |
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