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> do genes really have "functions"? Makes me think of Douglas Hofstatder's "grandma neuron": https://www.livescience.com/grandmother-neurons-discovery.html htt
by commandlinefan 4y ago
> do genes really have "functions"?
Makes me think of Douglas Hofstatder's "grandma neuron": https://www.livescience.com/grandmother-neurons-discovery.html https://www.livescience.com/grandmother-neurons-discovery.ht...
- radicality 4y agoHis explanation in GEB of how genes, DNA, and RNA function was probably the clearest one I’ve ever read. It’s been a while and I forgot the details, but reading his analogies made everything click at the time. Maybe it’s time to re-read GEB.