Figure and Ground
Translating the Genome
by Tom Sgouros, Jr.
May 8, 2001
Life is not an illogicality; yet it is a trap for logicians. It looks just a little more mathematical and regular than it is; its exactitude is obvious, but its inexactitude is hidden; its wildness lies in wait. --G.K. Chesterton,
Orthodoxy
(1908)
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Patterns and Languages
The Language of Our Genes
Whose Idea Was This?
What A Difference Context Makes
More Complications
How Do The Complications Add Up?
Who Needs Genes?
We've Known This All Along
The Meaning: Mysterious Proteins
We Live In Our Environment, But It Doesn't Contain Us
References
Footnotes