the genetic code is a written text

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An example of an analogy to explain science"

"…nowhere in the natural world is the linguistic character of specification more clearly in evidence than in the genetic code of an organism, which as I have noted before, constitutes a text recorded in a four letter alphabet. The genetic code is thus a written text imprinted on DNA."

Wolfgang Smith

Smith, W. (2015). Ancient Wisdom and Modern Misconceptions. A critique of contemporary scientism. Angelico Press / Sophia Perennis

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.