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.
Alexey Tolchinsky { It could be that we understand Michael differently, or interpret differently. Because of that, I'll be specific. Here is one ... }
Alexey Tolchinsky { My reading of Michael Levin's work is different from him "demolishing conventional notions of intelligence." First, it is useful to ... }
Josh S { You can read his book The Master Builder: How the New Science of the Cell Is Rewriting the Story of ... }
martin rag { Perry, I don't know where to post this one -- but I came across this article, I know that you ... }
martin rag { "You don’t even understand why the viruses form polyphyletic clades." Is it correct, that viruses have many evolutionary origins unlike ... }
R Khan { You don't even understand why the viruses form polyphyletic clades. }
Amal Mohan { Hi Perry, I've read that Dennis Noble doesn't believe in genetic "codes" or any other programs/codes/ blueprints... could you please clarify ... }
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... ... }
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.