Layers of Information (musings) (Evolution)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Thursday, December 18, 2014, 15:12 (3409 days ago)

I was reading an article today regarding science against evolution (All About The Journey) and got to thinking about a topic that we have discussed here many times before: information. -Generally, we talk about information in the genetic structure, the blueprints for the various mechanical structures and proteins that make life work, but what about the other layers of information involved? Here is just a few bullet points that I have running through my head at the moment:-


• Where does the information needed to interpret the genome come from? (The translation software)

• Where is the three dimensional location data stored, and how? (i.e. How does it know your foot goes down and your head does not wind up stuffed up your rear?[Though that last is questionable for some people..])

• Where is the translational data needed to turn electrical signals into chemical signals and/or instructions? (i.e. Converting analog/digital firing of neurons into working instructions for triggered biological events)

• How is that language established on both ends? Do neurons 'know' how to communicate with cells, is there third party translation layer, or do they speak the same language?

• We know that cells are aware (in a limited sense) of their environment, but how is that awareness translated into usable information?

• The human body contains at least 61 elements. Is information about what these elements are and how to use them also encoded in the genome?

• The human body contains millions of bacteria. How do they communicate with our cells, and how is that communication translated?


-There is so much information being passed around. Where does it come from?

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What is the purpose of living? How about, 'to reduce needless suffering. It seems to me to be a worthy purpose.