"The number of species is a dodge ... the issue is the number of genetic codes."
Every species has its own genetic code......
Totally wrong and a misstatement that shows deep ignorance.
Each species, heck each individual organism and cell, may have a unique set of genes, but the code used is the same for all living things on earth. If nature could produce genetic codes, it would have done so billions of times and we'd see life with vastly different genetic codes.
re:"silicon as a precursor".....silicon is the primary material basic to microelectronics, but silicon itself has precursors...one doesn't just dig up silicon out of the soil. It is derived from, literally, sand. And, there are other semiconductors such as GaAs, Ge, CdTe, even diamond.
Totally irrelevant. Silicion, germanium, cadmium .... whatever did not produce micro-electronic information processing and storage via some natural unguided, unplanned process. There's no good reason to think chemicals did either.
BTW silicon dioxide aka silica is mined.
"the important thing isn't DNA, its the code and the information"
Without DNA, there is no code (in your words).
"Books are made of wood pulp and ink, but all the knowledge in the world about wood pulp and ink doesn't explain the writing in books. Micro-electronic technology is based on chips made of silicon and other substances, but that doesn't explain software and programming languages."
What the hell are you trying to say here?????
I see you're having problems understanding the concept.
DNA contains written information that is read by a nano-machine to create proteins ..... is that clearer?
Exactly the way tape-readers read information recorded on tapes. The concept is similar to Morse code, computer languages, etc. It is similar to you reading these words. Like the genetic code, your ability to read what I'm writing depends our shared knowledge of an alphabet and the English language. |
