This calculation is off by an order of magnitude.
The human genome has about 3.1 billion base pairs. Each sperm has half of that. Ignoring epigenetics, each base pair has four options (A/T/C/G), so it can be represented by two bits each.
All told, that’s 3.1 gigabits = 388 megabytes per gamete.
Surely after some lossless compression this could be improved drastically
The data would compress well, true. However, the DNA in the cell doesn’t have anything like data compression, and it makes the calculations more complex, so it’s only fair to compare uncompressed sizes.
So what would the total amount of information in an average ejaculation be? Dumb it down for me, please? Lol
97,000 TB
… Jesús Cristo
It’s just a lot of copies of the same information. Not very efficient.
The dna sequence of each sperm is actually unique, and are thus not considered part of your body according to your immune system. This is why your testes are “immune-privileged”, meaning your white blood cells are not allowed in there.
So not just inefficient but also insecure? Who designed this crap?
Sexual reproduction is designed for variation. You can reduce it with a large amount of inbreeding. Your family, for example.
jk
My mom, my dad, my aunt and my uncle are going to beat you up! The two of them are really strong!
😂
They’re just trying to get a point across.
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It’s not even. The data integrity algorithm is really kind of crap.
That’s why I always call it a packet storm. “Girl, I’m about to DDOS that booty.”
If you assume an average ejaculation distance of 9 inches and a nominal speed of 15 mph (this is apparently surprisingly well studied) - you get a data transfer rate of 46,500 TB/s.
I once joked I could jizz faster than my shitty internet connection. Guess I was right
So if I jerk off, I could use that to store porn, thus making me jerk off more, thus providing more porn storage…
Down load.
This is why a big…hard…drive is important.
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How do they calculate that?
Not that much information, but a lot of redundancy. Every sperm carries the same X or Y-Chromosome. So every sperm contains the same information as half of the other sperm. Or did I miss something?
Pff I’d be happy to reach a megabit at my age.
Wouldn’t quaternary storage need a different naming scheme?
