RE: How a Boy From an Indian Village Broke the Code of Life and Won the Nobel Prize
Absolutely right.
Lots of problems in biology were, in a sense, essentially math problems. Probably the same is true for much of science. ... I remember when I first learned about junk DNA, I immediately thought up a sci fi story (which I never wrote, it remained an idea, that doubtless many others by now must've dreamed up) about how humans were in fact a coded message (meant for some aliens perhaps), with a tiny bit of the message-DNA coding for an actual living organism whose real purpose is to preserve the message - hence species propagation to copy the message, instincts to avoid situations that will destroy the message, etc. The message can only be decoded by those who hold the key to the code. So, in essence, a fancy USB stick with legs! .... Well, it doesn't have to be realistic, it's just a story! And today we learn more and more that 'junk' DNA isn't just so much junk, it fulfills certain functions, and biologists don't even call it that most of the time, they call it noncoding DNA.
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That's a fabulous idea! I don't know if it's been written yet, but if you're not gonna write anything about I would love to - it's jusg an awesome premise!
No problem! I'd love to see what you'd do with it! There's so much on my plate, and so many stories that I'd need to write before this one got its turn, that I'll probably postpone it indefinitely, so sure have a go!