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Life is a computer: What is the computing speed of the human brain in GHz?
In theory, the computing speed of the human brain can be quantified, but since our understanding of the brain is extremely limited, some scientists have used a very visual metaphor to illustrate how limited our understanding of our brain is:…
Life is a computer: Conway’s Game of Life
About 3.6 billion years ago, the first living cells arose.
About 600 million years ago, multicellular plants were born.
Slightly later, about 550 to 570 million years ago, multicellular animals began to appear.
It took 3 billion years for life …
Life is a computer: from biological virus to computer virus
In 1898, Martinus Bergerinck proved through filtration experiments that the pathogen of tobacco mosaic disease was smaller than the bacteria, and thus deduced the existence of the virus.
Today, more than 120 years later, people generally think that viruses are …
Life is a computer: think about life in a different way
What is life?
From a biological point of view, it is the combination of sperm and egg (of course there are other ways to breed life, such as asexual reproduction).
More than 70 years ago, the famous physicist Schrödinger started …
Life is a computer:the Infinite death loop of ants
In 1936, when ant biologist T.C.Schneirla was studying ants, he discovered a strange phenomenon:
Hundreds of ants form a strange circle, and the ants keep rotating around this circle.
This phenomenon lasted all day, and even a heavy rain failed …