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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

FRAGMENT FROM NATURE continues and concludes from last weekend on the theme of viral quasispecies and mutant swarms. An astonishingly high mutation rate, that characterizes viral storms, comes at a cost to the virus, and generally this has been overlooked. This low fidelity reproduction requires the development of tolerance in the swarm, both of which have clinical ramifications. View in LinkedIn

THE END OF DARWINISM. "Gerald Joyce (Scripps Research Institute) frets that as the boundaries blur, biologists are now going to be directing evolution and that we are witnessing "the end of Darwinism." http://www.cfr.org/united-states/biologys-brave-new-world/p31894 View in LinkedIn

DNA AS SOFTWARE. "To do with biology what you would do if you were designing a piece of software." The immense change in our collective view of the natural world, and in such a brief time, is encapsulated in this remarkable sentence. http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/03/26/making-living-matter-programmable/ View in LinkedIn

SIMPLIFYING PROGRAMING OF E. COLI. "Currently, each time we need a cell that will perform a certain new function we have to recreate it from scratch which is a long and laborious process. Most people think all we have to do to modify behaviour is to modify a cell’s DNA but it’s not as simple as that — we usually find we get the wrong behaviour and then we are back to square one." (2011). http://www.tgdaily.com/trendwatch-features/59511-re-programmable-cells-to-create-new-life-forms View in LinkedIn