[eimrine]

> and it takes only 3.2 billion base pairs to make a new one with a default template and peripheral systems already included.

I am struggling to understand what is this quote about.

[gary_0]

The number of human DNA base pairs. The data to grow a starting zygote into a brain with a default neural template (to keep it alive and allow it to start learning), and peripheral systems (the body).

As binary data, 3.2B base pairs is 800MB.

[eimrine]

Oh, it looks like a tabula rasa theory. No mithohondrea DNA, no special places in parents' body, no special behaviour required from parents. Just an 80-minutes audio CD.

[fragmede]

The copying of human DNA to make a new one.