DNA Is Not a Blueprint
8th February 2020
DNA is not a blueprint: it’s a recipe coding for thousands of different proteins that interact with each other and with the environment, just like the ingredients of a cake in an oven. Whereas a blueprint is an exact, drawn-to-scale copy of the final product, a recipe is just a loose plot that leaves much more room to uncertainty. Open a packet of cookies: each one was made from the same recipe and baked in the same conditions, but there are no two that are identical. Look closely, and you’ll spot hundreds of little differences: a burn here, a chocolate chip there, bumps and lumps appearing in distinct places, all because of chaotic interactions between the ingredients and the environment.
February 8th, 2020 at 23:49
Who knew that chocolate chip cookies could help define the quantum mechanics of the Universe.
The Universe all comes down to one chocolate chip cookie. How simple.
February 9th, 2020 at 05:12
No doubt the natural hierarchy of the Great Chain of Being depends upon how many chocolate chips one’s cookie has.
Simple indeed.