I understood what he meant, I just didn't understand why DNA was helpful in illustrating it. I'm a lot smarter than a nematode, or a pebble, or a cell in Conwa

I understood what he meant, I just didn't understand why DNA was helpful in illustrating it. I'm a lot smarter than a nematode, or a pebble, or a cell in Conway's Game of Life. The number of base pairs I share with any of those things (where applicable) is irrelevant.