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Biologists must constantly keep in mind that what they see was not designed, but rather evolved.


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There is no scientific study more vital to man than the study of his own brain. Our entire view of the universe depends on it.

There is no scientific study more vital to man than the study of his own brain. Our entire view of the universe depends on it.



Unfortunately it makes the unambiguous determination of triplets by these methods much more difficult than would be the case if there were only one triplet for each amino acid.

Unfortunately it makes the unambiguous determination of triplets by these methods much more difficult than would be the case if there were only one triplet for each amino acid.



A comparison between the triplets tentatively deduced by these methods with the changes in amino acid sequence produced by mutation shows a fair measure of agreement.

A comparison between the triplets tentatively deduced by these methods with the changes in amino acid sequence produced by mutation shows a fair measure of agreement.



It is essential to understand our brains in some detail if we are to assess correctly our place in this vast and complicated universe we see all around us.

It is essential to understand our brains in some detail if we are to assess correctly our place in this vast and complicated universe we see all around us.



Trying to determine the structure of a protein by UV spectroscopy was like trying to determine the structure of a piano by listening to the sound it made while being dropped down a flight of stairs.

Trying to determine the structure of a protein by UV spectroscopy was like trying to determine the structure of a piano by listening to the sound it made while being dropped down a flight of stairs.



It has yet to be shown by direct biochemical methods, as opposed to the indirect genetic evidence mentioned earlier, that the code is indeed a triplet code.

It has yet to be shown by direct biochemical methods, as opposed to the indirect genetic evidence mentioned earlier, that the code is indeed a triplet code.



You can do reverse engineering, but you can’t do reverse hacking.

You can do reverse engineering, but you can’t do reverse hacking.



A final proof of our ideas can only be obtained by detailed studies on the alterations produced in the amino acid sequence of a protein by mutations of the type discussed here.

A final proof of our ideas can only be obtained by detailed studies on the alterations produced in the amino acid sequence of a protein by mutations of the type discussed here.



The dangerous man is the one who has only one idea, because then he'll fight and die for it.

The dangerous man is the one who has only one idea, because then he'll fight and die for it.



It now seems very likely that many of the 64 triplets, possibly most of them, may code one amino acid or another, and that in general several distinct triplets may code one amino acid.

It now seems very likely that many of the 64 triplets, possibly most of them, may code one amino acid or another, and that in general several distinct triplets may code one amino acid.





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You probably have started losing touch with humility when your friends start avoiding you without telling you why.

You probably have started losing touch with humility when your friends start avoiding you without telling you why.



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In a few decades of reconstruction, even the mathematical natural sciences, the ancient archetypes of theoretical perfection, have changed habit completely!



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The old must always make way for the new, and one thing must be built out of the ruins of another. There is no murky pit of hell awaiting anyone.

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If we only identify with the mortal world, then we identify with a level of scarcity and lack and brokenness, and that will be our experience.

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Desire disappears as you become more and more aware. When awareness is one hundred percent, there is no desire at all.

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