Re: Smaller than or equal to a breadbox


"Perplexed in Peoria" <jimmenegay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

>> A couple of recent posters have mentioned the idea that genomes record
>> encoded information about the environment.

That's what life's about.

>> More specifically, they
>> are said to carry information about the range of environments that
>> were encountered by ancestors.
>>
>> Is this anything more than a poetic metaphor?

No. That's what life's about (a poetic metaphor). Get used to it.

>> Can we decode this
>> information?

Why bother?

(Gawd I'm some kinda existentialist jackass.)

Jim


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