Have we figured out what this means? I need the follow up.
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There’s quite a few theories surrounding DNA.
Here’s some I can think off just off hand.
Current research seemingly indicates DNA can store vast amounts of data. So There’s the idea, first popularized in mainstream thought by the Assassins creed Franchise, that the memories of past genetic ancestors are encoded in your DNA.
There’s the idea that the so called “Junk DNA” isn’t actually Junk. But various dormant traits, abilities, and skills that was locked at some point in the distant past for unknown reasons. There’s several ideas on who did it. Ranging from God, Aliens to ancient human ancestors. Exact beliefs vary.
Another Sci-Fi esc theory is that human DNA is unique in the fact that it’s still fairly stable. And most of the Alien species in our immediate corner of the Galaxy. Have, for an assortment of usually self-inflicted reasons, degrading DNA Patterns. And they hope to use our DNA to stabilize and rebuild their own.
3B. From there it’s the rather classic story for these sorts of theories. The Aliens divided into factions. Group A. Ultimately wants a mutually beneficial positive relationship and wants to minimize the risks and impact on human lives, Development etc. Group B. Essentially is the stereotypical Evil Scientists. And works with various Elite Puppet groups to achieve their goals regardless of the costs in human life.
There’s actually so many theories and ideas about DNA. Quite a few interesting topics and theories to explore.
The idea of DNA as a durable data storage device is interesting. You can encode digital data as 0/1 purine/pyrimidine (or other schemes). And it's tiny, easily compacted, and can store unbelievably large quantities of data in a small space. The major drawbacks are the fragility of the molecule itself, and the difficulty with read/write functions. I've seen people talk about deep freezing huge archives of data on DNA, but practically, I think the closest we've seen is the Seed Bank which stores genetic samples of species from all over the world in an effort to protect against extinction.
Junk DNA is a terrible term. Worse is the sci-fi around what it actually is. DNA is a chemical, first and foremost, and it is governed by the rules of biochemistry. It gets copied, cut/pasted, inserted, swapped (cross-over) all fairly routinely. Sexual reproduction is based on this. Viruses frequently insert themselves as well. So, we get copies of genes, sometimes copies of whole chromosomes. We get genes that exist, but mutation renders them non-function. We get viral "fossils." We get mutations from all sorts of stuff in the environment. And if it doesn't kill the critter and the cells makes copies, all of that information gets copied and forwarded to the next generation, on and on, even as new species evolve.
Humans carry several prominent genetic fossils. One is the remnant of a virus that occurred for something like 15 million years and infected just about every mammal species on the planet. We all have that one. We also have a non-functional pathway to make Vitamin C. Over 10 million years ago, our monkey ancestors could make it, but because they were eating fruit, a mutation that broke that enzyme didn't kill off the ancestor. They lived, reproduced, and passed on that mutation as they evolved down to us. Our ancestors used to be able to break down uric acid too. We lost the ability and now get gout if we eat too much, but we still have the fossil of the non-functional pathway. I haven't even touched on the epigentic stuff, but this isn't "junk."
But as you say, there's a ton of potential with this stuff and it is fun to think about and explore some ideas, even if it's just through good sci-fi.
Wow I didn’t know the eating fruit vitamin C parallel to Eve eating the apple, thanks for this post. We were fine making our own vitamin c perhaps not getting sick at all, then introduce sugary fruit and we get a whole shit ton of other problems