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NOT JUST A BOOK. "For so long we have considered the genetic code to be something like a book to be read, a recipe for making proteins. This new discovery makes me think that DNA is actually less like a document and more like an app." http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonykosner/2013/12/13/seven-ways-to-look-at-the-double-meaning-of-dna-code/#2715e4857a0b7e447793109a View in LinkedIn

SECOND CODE. "Scientists "discovered evidence of a “second code” written into DNA. This code controls what are called transcription factors (TF) which regulate the flow (or transcription) of genetic information from DNA to messenger RNA that manage the synthesis of proteins described in the DNA." http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonykosner/2013/12/13/seven-ways-to-look-at-the-double-meaning-of-dna-code/#2715e4857a0b7770f02e109a View in LinkedIn

APPLICATION. "Human DNA Is Not A Document, It's An App." http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonykosner/2013/12/13/seven-ways-to-look-at-the-double-meaning-of-dna-code/#2715e4857a0b7770f02e109a View in LinkedIn

"A CODE is not a symbol. A symbol is not a code. A symbol stands in place of an object or idea. A code stands in place of a symbol: it is a symbol for a symbol." http://www.science20.com/chatter_box/dna_when_code_not_code View in LinkedIn

FLAWED ARGUMENT. "As usual, this argument comes down to using words improperly. A code, by the strictest definition, is in fact something designed by intelligent beings. It is a system of symbols that either arbitrarily or by some system represent various things." https://lnkd.in/d35PkQA View in LinkedIn

NEW DIGITAL LANGUAGE about biology introduces new concepts. Biology is informed by computer programming. DNA is informed by computer code. Equally, computing is informed by biology. The strategies of aberrant code are informed by prions and virus strategies. As we will see. View in LinkedIn

INTELLIGENT DESIGN. "The core argument of Stephen Meyer’s book, Signature in a Cell, written in advocacy of intelligent design, is this: DNA is a code and a computer instruction is a code. Since computer code requires an intelligent designer, and DNA is a code, it follows that DNA is a product of, or is controlled by, an intelligent designer." https://lnkd.in/dRV7_cp View in LinkedIn

DOMINION OVER NATURE. "The fusion of the digital world of the machine and that of biology would open up remarkable possibilities for creating novel species and guiding future evolution." https://books.google.es/books/about/Life_at_the_Speed_of_Light.html?id=GWDD9yMb33cC&hl=en View in LinkedIn

LIFE AS I.T. "We defined the terms “synthetic life” and “synthetic cells” in a reasonably specific way, as cells completely controlled only by a synthetic DNA chromosome. The synthetic genome was the software of life, which specified every protein robot in the cell, and therefore every one of the cell’s functions. From the public response to our announcement and scientific publication, however, it was clear that some found it hard to accept the concept of life as an information system." https://books.google.es/books/about/Life_at_the_Speed_of_Light.html?id=GWDD9yMb33cC&hl=en View in LinkedIn

CONTROLLING EVOLUTION: "DNA is the software of the cell, and when we change the software we change the species." (Craig Venter). This is species change without the help of aeons of evolution, humans directly controlling evolution in a test-tube. https://lnkd.in/eJFrT_P View in LinkedIn