http://www.kurzweilai.net/protein-filmed-while-unfolding-at-atomic-resolution Accelerating Intelligence Thu, 23 May 2013 17:05:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://www.kurzweilai.net/protein-filmed-while-unfolding-at-atomic-resolution/comment-page-1#comment-98831 WLGJR Fri, 15 Feb 2013 04:00:54 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=180215#comment-98831 "... like bricks in a building , but unique." I am reminded of the ancient Incans had buildings made of "unique" bricks. They seemed to simply fit random stones together but the result is incredibly sturdy buildings. Coming back to the topic, proteins are not really "unique". Proteins of a same type have the same structures (amino acid sequences). “… like bricks in a building , but unique.” I am reminded of the ancient Incans had buildings made of “unique” bricks. They seemed to simply fit random stones together but the result is incredibly sturdy buildings.
Coming back to the topic, proteins are not really “unique”. Proteins of a same type have the same structures (amino acid sequences).

]]> http://www.kurzweilai.net/protein-filmed-while-unfolding-at-atomic-resolution/comment-page-1#comment-98448 A4i Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:34:07 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=180215#comment-98448 Proteins are the building blocks for the living cell, but extremely complex ones. That brings a possibility for great variety. So they are not unified , like bricks in a building , but unique. That's the problem for our understanding of that nanoscale world - great variety of extremely complex structures. Proteins are the building blocks for the living cell, but extremely complex ones. That brings a possibility for great variety. So they are not unified , like bricks in a building , but unique. That’s the problem for our understanding of that nanoscale world – great variety of extremely complex structures.

]]> http://www.kurzweilai.net/protein-filmed-while-unfolding-at-atomic-resolution/comment-page-1#comment-98409 Bri Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:46:15 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=180215#comment-98409 It's amazing to think that these little squiggles are responsible for all of lifes biological processes. There was an article the other day that suggested bullet time representations of extremely large data sets would be helpful in understanding how things function. No matter how slow or from what angle one looks at this visual representation of protien molecules, it's still a daunting task to understand how they interact and relate. I still think that these problems will be better suited to strong AI, and that humans will have a hard time understanding all of what is happening. It’s amazing to think that these little squiggles are responsible for all of lifes biological processes. There was an article the other day that suggested bullet time representations of extremely large data sets would be helpful in understanding how things function. No matter how slow or from what angle one looks at this visual representation of protien molecules, it’s still a daunting task to understand how they interact and relate. I still think that these problems will be better suited to strong AI, and that humans will have a hard time understanding all of what is happening.

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