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by gary_0 1120 days ago
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.

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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.