Tag: Life as chemistry only

Close-up image of a human cell nucleus with chromatin strands, cytology Generative AI

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
August 18, 2023

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Biology, Information Theory

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Darwinism and information, Description and information, Life as chemistry only, Marcello Barbieri, Meaning and information, Physicalism and information}

Can Information Be Separated From Intelligence? Part 3

_{Theoretical biologist Barbieri’s practical dilemma is that a popular, dominant idea like “life is just chemistry” need not be proved, only insisted on} _{Denyse O'Leary
August 18, 2023

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Biology, Information Theory}

Fundamentally, Barbieri wants a new information-friendly paradigm without dispensing with the old no-information one. But no one can ride two horses at once. Read More ›

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
August 12, 2023

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Biology, Chemistry, Information Theory, Philosophy

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Ernst Mayr (1904–2005), Hubert Yockey (1916–2016), Information in life forms, Intelligent design theorists and OOL, Life as chemistry only, Life as information plus chemistry, Marcello Barbieri, Origin of life (Barbieri's hypothesis), Origin of life hypotheses}

Can Information Be Separated From Intelligence? Part 2

_{Theoretical biologist Marcello Barbieri envisions life’s origin in terms that only make sense if we assume life is the work of an intelligent agent} _{Denyse O'Leary
August 12, 2023

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Biology, Chemistry, Information Theory, Philosophy}

Although Barbieri depicts the origin of life as the production of “artefacts,” he certainly does not see himself as an intelligent design theorist. Read More ›

Blue Human DNA Strand Surrounded by DNA Structure. Generative AI

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
August 9, 2023

Categorized
Biology, Chemistry, Information Theory, Philosophy

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Darwinian evolution theory, Günter Wächtershäuser, Life as chemistry only, Life as chemistry plus information, Marcello Barbieri, Natural selection, Origin of life}

Can Information Be Separated From Intelligence? Part 1

_{Theoretical biologist Marcello Barbieri finds that many biologists see information in life forms — biological information — as something that “does not really belong to science.”} _{Denyse O'Leary
August 9, 2023

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Biology, Chemistry, Information Theory, Philosophy}

In 2016, University of Ferrara theoretical biologist Marcello Barbieri wrote a rather interesting open access paper on a key philosophical conflict in biology: Is life only chemistry or is it chemistry plus information? In it, he says that many biologists see information in life forms — biological information — as something that “does not really belong to science.” How did they get there from here? Author of Code Biology: A New Science of Life (Springer, 2015), Barbieri offers a history, a critique, and a proposed solution. In this three-part series, I will look at all three elements. First, the history. Molecular biology understands genes as transferring linear sequences of information to proteins that carry out instructions. That’s information as it Read More ›