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I'm trying on a mental model re: Epigenetics. How does this look: Your genes are a recipe book, not a blueprint. What recipe is chosen is based somewhat on env
by jvanderbot 2y ago
I'm trying on a mental model re: Epigenetics. How does this look:
Your genes are a recipe book, not a blueprint. What recipe is chosen is based somewhat on environmental effects. When you reproduce, you shuffle together the parents book + the earmarks on the pages.
- ch4s3 2y agoI'm not sure if that totally fits. There's a kind of signal amplification or de-amplification happening.
- jvanderbot 2y agoYeah I was using dogear as a way of signalling "prefer this page"
- ch4s3 2y agoYeah, I assumed that, but down regulating isn't well captured in that metaphor.