400 Million Atoms Know What to do at the same time

seekchristonly

It's claimed it takes 400 million atoms to become a single strand of DNA. How do the atoms know

1.Where to go

2. What to do

3. What order

4. What time

If they are not living or created how do they know these things
AndDontCallMeShirley

Any answer given will be summarily dismissed by you. Why do you ask any questions at all?
jgnat

How do dominoes know when to fall?
snowbird

How do cells become specialized?

I thought of that while sitting in a hot bath on 6-16-14.
cofty

How do cells become specialized?

Wonderful question.

The sort answer is epigenetics. The long answer is really interesting.

I can recommend some excellent books if you are genuinely interested.
LostGeneration

Quit feeding this troll
snowbird

I am genuinely interested.

Thanks.
seekchristonly

The dominoes cna only fall when the first one is pushed
seekchristonly

SO ami .WHy do people us eth e word troll when a genuine enquiry is being made
jgnat

....then each one knows, amazingly, what to do next.