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This article is from the Biological Information Theory and Chowder Society FAQ, by Thomas D. Schneider toms@ncifcrf.gov.

12 What kind of questions are appropriate for discussion? (bionet.info-theory)

This faq sheet answers simple questions about this group. The BIG questions
should be discussed on the net, where we can all haggle over them. Here are
a few for starters:

* What is the role of theory in biology today?
* What should be the role of biological theory?
* What is information? How should it be defined?
* What bothers you when you read the two papers on the theory of
molecular machines? (It is only from the things that bother us that we
can make progress in understanding.) (See references below.)
* What are flaws in the theory of molecular machines?
* How is ATP used to drive molecular machines?
* All communication systems are associated with living things, so is it
true that information theory is really a theory about living things?
Was Shannon really a great biologist?
* What does Maxwell's Demon have to do with all of this?
* What are the limits of computers?
* What are the limits of nanotechnology?
* Can we build molecular machines and molecular computers and how would
they work?

 

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