Purpose, Value, Evolution, Consciousness, Sentience, Life & Emergence of Mind From Matter | Terrence Deacon | 95
Mind & Matter
The Origins of DNA
DNA is a way of encoding and remembering constraints by taking what were dynamical possibilities, the possible interactions that could take place. DNA doesn't have to do the work of putting things together; it just has to constrain the boundary conditions that make these self-organizing processes happen. The power of DNA in part is the fact that it's a very robust molecule. And as we thought, it's a great memory system.
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