I don't understand what the word queer is doing in the sentence above. I also don't think your last paragraph works with the previous one. I do agree with the

I don't understand what the word queer is doing in the sentence above. I also don't think your last paragraph works with the previous one. I do agree with the idea of changing the goalposts in the above article because as you mentioned DNA do in fact encode the "blueprints for life".