Iconoclast, polymath, renegade and world-class chemist, Steve Benner has engineered a new breed of DNA with 8 nucleotide options instead of four. This exponentially increases its data capacity and it’s called Hachimoji DNA.
What are the implications of this?
In this podcast, Steve sounds off about the conflict between research and advocacy, and the great power of shattering paradigms and admitting what we don’t know.
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Loved your comments about the scientific method and thought this link was interesting to think more on that subject (and how we get the ideas and keep the ones we have or what influences, etc) https://waitbutwhy.com/2019/08/story-of-us.html
see chapter 7 and 8, that do echo some of what Dr. Benner is saying about how science can be influenced or manipulated vs. the real search for Truth that science should always focus on.
Josh S { Perry, have you noticed how the neo-Darwinists are claiming that the evolutionary mechanisms discussed in your book (horizontal gene transfer, ... }
Pete Holzmann { Perry, This is quite interesting. Sarah Salviander (astrophysicist ) has her own quite detailed comparison of Genesis 1 and the science... ... }
martin rag { Dear Perry, as to yours: "when cancer cells are this smart, then what can healthy cells do?" I completely understand ... }
martin rag { Johan, you have to make a decision ... do you believe that certain species were specially created (from scratch) ? ... }
martin rag { Dear Perry, I almost forgot ... Are you, as an engineer, saying, that smart cognitive cancer cells engineered GPS-precision navigation ... }
martin rag { hey Perry, just to clarify: no, I am not YEC, it seems that Earth is way older than 6000 - ... }
martin rag { Dear Perry, >Joana is certainly interested in bioengineering of self replicating machines. Just because it hasn’t been done doesn’t mean ... }
martin rag { Dear Perry, once again, thank you for not censoring my comments. Also, thank you for your patience and understanding.. . I ... }
Loved your comments about the scientific method and thought this link was interesting to think more on that subject (and how we get the ideas and keep the ones we have or what influences, etc) https://waitbutwhy.com/2019/08/story-of-us.html
see chapter 7 and 8, that do echo some of what Dr. Benner is saying about how science can be influenced or manipulated vs. the real search for Truth that science should always focus on.