From: gts (gts_2000@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Oct 08 2002 - 23:14:35 MDT
> *But* the genome cannot encode the organizing of 40 billion neurons or
> much less the neurotransmitter types and strengths at specific
synapses.
But it does, Robert. This gets to the heart of the controversy here. I
think it deserves this separate message.
It truly puzzles me that my fellow extropes seem to have so little
appreciation for the marvelous products of biological evolution. It is
as though some here almost resent their biological natures... like Paul
of the New Testament lamenting about sins of the flesh.
The so-called "self-organizing" property of neurons cannot exist unless
the genes that code for the construction of neurons are such that they
allow for self-organization. It can be said that this so-called
self-organization property is gene expression of the second order. By
trial and error over billions of years, nature has finally produced
genes capable of these second-order expressions. Smile and be happy.
-gts
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