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Comment author: [deleted] 19 December 2012 02:22:45PM 0 points [-]

In terms of "data", the question you should ask yourself is this: Could an alien with unlimited resources reconstitute a human being from solely its genetic code? How much additional information would be necessary?

Yes this is pretty much what I was trying to find out. And also asking if people are aware of this information gap - and if that gap exists.

Comment author: atorm 20 December 2012 10:26:04PM -1 points [-]

Pretty sure that's a no. Source: I'm a Plant Biology grad student. CellBioGuy could probably be more definitive.