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And which exactly protein acts as a counter? What unit it uses? What is representation of the current value if the counter? How it deals with overflows? Again.

by lngnmn 9y ago

And which exactly protein acts as a counter? What unit it uses? What is representation of the current value if the counter? How it deals with overflows? Again. There is no counting inside a cell in principle. Only pattern matching of phisical molecular structures and "mechanical" triggers. No counters, no clocks, no notion of a number. Do not confuse oscillations or rotation with time. Processes do exist. Time does not.

candiodari 9y ago
> And which exactly protein acts as a counter? DNA > What unit it uses? That's defined, if rather complex. Essentially it's a basepair sequence. > What is representation of the current value if the counter? It's unary. > How it deals with overflows? It doesn't.