Capacity Quote by Richard Dawkins
“There is enough information capacity in a single human cell to store the Encyclopedia Britannica, all 30 volumes of it, three or four times over.”
About This Quote
A single human cell can hold the entire Encyclopedia Britannica multiple times.
In simple terms: Cells have massive data capacity.
Key Takeaway
Appreciate biological complexity.
Themes
biology
information
complexity
Mood
wonder
awe
Type
scientific
informative
When to use this quote
- medical research
- bioinformatics
- education
Key Concepts
genetics
storage
scale
Questions to Reflect On
- How does this inform our view of life?
- What ethical issues arise from such knowledge?
A Different Perspective
Translating this capacity to technology is challenging.
![“[The Internet] is by far the most important innovation in the media in my lifetime. It's like having a huge encyclopedia permanently available. There's a tremendous amount of rubbish on the world wide web, but retrieval of what you want to so rapid that it doesn't really matter” quote by Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ecc/richard-dawkins-115_amount_the-internet-is-by-far-the-most-importan_862705.jpg)
