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Re:Ray Kurzweil Responds to "Ray Kurzweil does not understan... by dasht on Friday August 20, 2010 @06:14PM (#1621775)
As an example: What "state" that makes sense of the genome is encoded in, say, mitochondria?

What "state" that makes sense of the human genome is stored in, say, symbiotic bacteria that we host?

Does that make sense to you?

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Re:Ray Kurzweil Responds to "Ray Kurzweil does not understan... by Jkeg on Friday August 20, 2010 @09:10PM (#1622012)
It is a reasonable assumption that the other genomes involved in human development are selected for as well, but don't drastically multiply the overall complexity of humans and especially not for the brain's design. Thus the issue is still how complex extra-genomic data is such as the preexisting cells which actuate DNA, which is what I addressed.
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