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Life's code script does not code itself
Author(s) -
Witzany Günther,
Baluška František
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1038/embor.2012.166
Subject(s) - praxis , turing , telos , philosophy , code (set theory) , epistemology , sociology , computer science , programming language , set (abstract data type)
Biology faces the challenge of integrating a deluge of empirical information about living systems into a theoretical framework. However, popular analogies with machines or computers are misguided and do not reflect the true nature of biological systems.