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Idle musing - maybe some genetics is for stored environment? Eg, perhaps some of your genes’ purpose are to encode memories in DNA.
by tarr11 2y ago
Idle musing - maybe some genetics is for stored environment?
Eg, perhaps some of your genes’ purpose are to encode memories in DNA.
- biomcgary 2y agoNatural selection encodes adaptive responses to the environment in DNA (and other molecules), so memories can be encoded to the extent that they are adaptive and can be encoded (i.e., mechanisms may not exist to encode everything using only standing natural variation).