Comments on Gpuccio: Functional Information Methodology

[T_aquaticus]

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I have no idea of what the “60 bits in a few weeks” is about, but at least we can clarify the math.

Let’s say that 60 bits are added in one week, whatever the source of this statement may be.

500 bits is a quantity which is 2^440 times bigger than 2^60.

We have about 2^38 weeks in 5 billion years.

So, at that rate, NS would be able to add about 98 bits of FI in 5 billion years.

I hope I made no errors. Just check the math.

If something like ubiquitin came about through a single mutation, what would be the measured FI for that new ubiquitin gene after that single mutation?