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Wireless electrical–molecular quantum signalling for cancer cell apoptosis

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Re: Wireless electrical–molecular quantum signalling for cancer cell apoptosis

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> Like all engineering projects there are still physical constrains of course but there is no limit on the technology allowed Except having to work from a legacy codebase via incremental changes. No way for evolution to explore silicon based life when it kicked off with carbon.

> No way for evolution to explore silicon based life when it kicked off with carbon. Oh, I don't know. Isn't that what we're for?

Yes, we're the primitive, squishy ancestors.

Re: Wireless electrical–molecular quantum signalling for cancer cell apoptosis

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The fun thing about biology is that if there can be something built by a true omniscient creator, then biology is the closest thing to it. All of reality and all of physics is used. It is simply what works no matter how arcane or difficult to understand the concept and mechanisms behind it is. Like all engineering projects there are still physical constrains of course but there is no limit on the technology allowed.…

'Analog' FPGA are an interesting window: https://www.damninteresting.com/on-the-origin-of-circuits/ http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.50.... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23432601

Re: Wireless electrical–molecular quantum signalling for cancer cell apoptosis

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post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Like all engineering projects there are still physical constrains of course but there is no limit on the technology allowed Except having to work from a legacy codebase via incremental changes. No way for evolution to explore silicon based life when it kicked off with carbon.

> No way for evolution to explore silicon based life when it kicked off with carbon. Oh, I don't know. Isn't that what we're for?

But that's not based on evolution/biology anymore.
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