How epigenetics works (Introduction)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Sunday, January 13, 2013, 02:14 (4123 days ago) @ David Turell


> > Tony: Tarn Adams is a game designer that created one of the most complex simulation games on the planet, called Dwarf Fortress. If Tarn had perfect information, it is quite reasonable to expect that he could predict with a tremendous degree of accuracy the state of his game at any given moment. However, there is one thing that our 'simulation' has that his doesn't: free will. ....... So yes, there is at least ONE very definite limit to God's powers. He does not know with 100% certainty what choices we will make, even if he can make a damn good guess.
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> David: I am convinced God gave us Free Will and that it really exists, contrary to Rom's position. Therefore, I think you are right. God cannot know every human outcome, cannot have precognition in regards to humanity, and it is his doing.-That is one of the reasons I trust the bible more than other religious texts. It OPENLY ADMITS that god does not know the outcome of free will(See Abraham/Job accounts), AND it openly admits that he is not above manipulating events/people in order to maneuver things to how he wants them to be. (See practically every prophecy ever made). There is a plan, and I am fully confident that he will make things happen in his own time as needed in order for that plan to come to pass.-
Getting back to the topic of epigenetics, this mechanism seems to suit a number of really interesting design principles. It allows for temporary changes as a sort of trial and error. It keeps a running log of what has been happening, written right into the genetic code. It even metes out short term punishment for doing stupid stuff, even without the need for God to intervene on a case by case basis. In computer design we might call this a force feedback controller, or a PID controller. A self correcting control that balances internal forces against external forces and strives to strike a balance between them. By their nature, these controllers have to take a little bit of history into account so that they can anticipate and adapt to changing conditions.

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What is the purpose of living? How about, 'to reduce needless suffering. It seems to me to be a worthy purpose.