What's in the Beginning of Infinity

Non-replicating genes share all the properties of real genes except replication. With a replicator, the physical material that embodies it keeps changing. A new copy being assembled out of non-replicating components every time replication occurs. Non-replicating knowledge may also be sufficiently embodied in different physical forms,. as for example, when a vintage sound recording is transferred from a vinyl record to a magnetic tape and later to a compact disk.