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science, as it would allow theoretical and
experimental approaches and models in
both fields to be combined holistically.

for dealing with problems in the world of
computing.

b. DNA, the brain and computers have one

thing in common: All three process infor-
mation. Consequently, it is evident that, at a
given level of abstraction, their operational
principles will be the same. This will lead,
sooner or later, to the discovery of an infor-
mation theory that accounts for the behaviour
of the three processors and even more. In
actual fact, the world has been considered
so far as being formed by matter and energy,
both of which are, since Einstein's famous
formula of human destiny, E=±mc 2 , equiva-
lent. Now, to understand today's world (both
at the macroscopic level, for which the gen-
eral theory of relativity accounts, i.e. black
holes, and the microscopic level accounted
for by quantum physics, i.e. Wheeler's de-
layed choice experiment), information needs
to be added to the matter-energy equation.
Now, this theory would of course encompass
Shannon's communication theory, but would
go further than Shannon's premise does. It
might perhaps only retain his notions of the
information unit “bit” and negative entropy.
One of the authors is already working in this
field and expects to have some preliminary
results to report in a few months' time.

CONCLUSION AN FUTURE
RESEARCH LINES

The classical scientific dogma, which is or should
be inculcated to any university student, is that
first conjectures or working hypotheses are
formulated and are then tested. But, of course,
to formulate such conjectures or hypotheses, the
facts, as such, need to be taken into account, and
these facts are:

a. Proteins owe their function to their structure

or folding, i.e. to their shape, which depends
on the order of the amino acid sequence of
which they are composed. And this order
is again determined by the sequence of the
DNA bases.

b. From Table 4, taken from King and Jukes

(King, 1969), we calculated the χ 2 and found
that the χ 2 test results offer no doubt as to
the fact that the distribution of the triplets
and their translation to amino acids is not
due to chance, quite the opposite.

c. According to genetic code, we know that

several triplets yield the same amino acid.

c. Genetics-computation hybridization: The

exchange of approaches between genetics
and computation will provide a hybrid form
of dealing with problems in both fields.
This will improve problem solving in both
domains. For example, geneticists will be
able to routinely apply concepts commonly
used in computing, like abstraction or re-
cursiveness. This way they will acquire
profound skills for solving complex prob-
lems. Additionally, the huge quantities of
information that DNA employs to develop
its full potential, as well as the complexity
of its workings, will be excellent guides

This leads us to formulate the proposed work-
ing hypothesis or conjecture:

An individual's situation will depend on what
triplet and in what position it yields a particular
amino acid.

Testing:
To test this conjecture, we have to, and this
is what we are in the process of doing, take the
following steps.

S1. Determine a genetic disease of unique ae-
tiology