[MD] LC Comments

[Magnus Berg]

Hi Horse and Dan

On 2010-07-11 23:55, Horse wrote:
> DNA is information about life - it's not life itself. Biological
> patterns are self-replicating perpetuating patterns which emerge from
> inorganic patterns so I don't see any reason why life can't exist on a
> computer. Carbon based life uses DNA to transmit information about how
> to build and replicate living entities from the simplest single-celled
> creature up, so there is no reason to suppose that other alternate
> life-forms (not necessarily based on carbon) can't use something similar
> to DNA to transmit information about how build and replicate alternate
> forms of life.

Yes, that too. It's not really life at all, just blueprints.

Also, regarding Dan's comment about Cassini and Huygens at Saturn (and 
on Titan). Does anyone here know more about those sulphur based worms 
near the lava vents on the bottom of the Atlantic? I mean, since they 
are not carbon based, it's pretty hard to imagine they using DNA for 
their blueprints, nor amino acids, proteins etc. etc. We probably don't 
have to send zoologists to Titan to find non DNA based life, just a few 
1000 m down under the Atlantic surface will suffice.

	Magnus