How many bits are there in an average human?
 

How many bits are there in an average human?

And, yeah... I spelled it correctly, "bits".

Keep on posting the answers, I will tell you the real answer soon when I think I should. :)

Its answerable if you define what a "bit" is in this context.

bites can be counted easily....

Ask a cannibal.

As mentioned above -- there can be no answer without a few more definitions.

It's obvious - the answer is 42!

DNA is binary, so I say it is the number of pairings in a human DNA strand.

Really? DNA has 4 values (AGCT) and code for protein in triplets. And you don't even want to ask about how the 3D structure of DNA is involved.

DNA may be lots of things, but binary it ain't.

Let's ask Mr. Owl.

Then there's the redundancy and the junk sequences...

I would hazard that there's an entire torrent of bits.

"an average human" : 16 bytes or 128 bits (if you include spaces and ignore question mark

I thought the four values (AGCT) could pair up in only one of two possible combinations. Hmm... Maybe I need to do some reading.

Yeah, but how can you tell ? It may look like random junk, but what if it's not...
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/250006.php

The answer is...... 10,000,000,000,000 bits! Converted to Terabytes would be... 1.13 TB. :D