Turns out Random is Better (Evolution)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 14:44 (5392 days ago) @ xeno6696

As everyone has appeared to ignore this post, perhaps I should try to bring my thoughts a bit more into focus.-The paper that the article references is on a method to increase the chances of information getting out to its destination. It turns out that a process of truly random selection in terms of only sending small bits of the information through ( in this case, three) receivers improves the reception of the overall message--more information gets through when compared to the current method. [EDIT] The current method being that we've traditionally selected the cell tower with the strongest signal as the preferential one to send a message through, in other words, "intelligently."-Since biological information can also be modeled as bits, this result impacts biology in these ways:-1. Introducing randomness in the transmission process of genetic information means that randomness increases the chances that information will be successfully transferred to its target. -2. Those that would assert life is designed now have to mathematically justify how they would tell the difference between a random transmission and an intelligent one.-[EDITED]

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