OK, Let me make my point clearer, why we can’t calculate the actual complexity limit of working DNA:
1.) Not all mutations are bad. Accepted knowledge: most are simply neutral, a few are bad, and even a fewer are good.
2.) If the mutations are good or neutral, they should effectivly be subtracted from the mutation rate, as they do not contribute to the “one mutation, one death” axiom because good/neutral mutations do not increase death probability.
3.) The mutations will not accumulate either, over many generations, if they are good/neutral. If a mutation really is good or neutral, that’s EXACTLY what it is. It’s like it never happened, it effectivly doesn’t count in the “one mutation, one death” calculations.
4.) We do not know exactly how many mutations are good/bad/neutral. THUS we simply cannot come up with a specific upper boundary to the amount of working DNA in a genome.
Did Eliezer take this into account in the calculations in this article? Or am I missing something here?
OK, Let me make my point clearer, why we can’t calculate the actual complexity limit of working DNA:
1.) Not all mutations are bad. Accepted knowledge: most are simply neutral, a few are bad, and even a fewer are good.
2.) If the mutations are good or neutral, they should effectivly be subtracted from the mutation rate, as they do not contribute to the “one mutation, one death” axiom because good/neutral mutations do not increase death probability.
3.) The mutations will not accumulate either, over many generations, if they are good/neutral. If a mutation really is good or neutral, that’s EXACTLY what it is. It’s like it never happened, it effectivly doesn’t count in the “one mutation, one death” calculations.
4.) We do not know exactly how many mutations are good/bad/neutral. THUS we simply cannot come up with a specific upper boundary to the amount of working DNA in a genome.
Did Eliezer take this into account in the calculations in this article? Or am I missing something here?