I find it hard to understand why people assume biology is a computer. Programmable computers are designed to solve specific problems & need designers. Biology has no designer ... discuss.
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Biological systems are trivially computers. Less trivially, they also implement various computers, as soon as they need higher order control. More interestingly, they implement meta controllers, which converge on attractors that implement computers.
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Unlike present-day technology (computers included), biology can turn bits into more of itself. I wouldn't be surprised if this strange loop leads to surprising innovation.
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Apparently there are philosophers who think that biological systems may implement computations that are not Turing computable. I'm unsure on what basis they believe this, except it's currently logically possible. Many things entirely lacking in evidence are logically possible.
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