News-Medical.Net October 7, 2022
The main feature of civilization is the production, consumption, and accumulation of information in all branches of human activity. All human life, in one way or another, relates to the receipt, accumulation and processing of information.
Any living organism, including humans, is a carrier of genetic information that is inherited. Genetic information is stored in all cells of the body in DNA molecules. The human DNA molecule includes about three billion base pairs, and it encodes all the information about the human body: its appearance, health or predisposition to disease, and physical ability.
People intake information about the world through their senses. To correctly navigate the world, people store information that they then use to make decisions and communicate with...