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Sara,
It will not be possible to develop a "universal communications language," based upon DNA, until we have a full understanding of the DNA coding algorithm. It seems we do not. Junk DNA
The scientific community doesn't learn from its past mistakes, probably because they do not "bother" telling new students about past mistakes.
I read an article some years back about the statements the Germans made about the content of the ancient Egyptian medical papyrus that came into their possession. The German physicians that participated in the translation used the term "sewer medicine" when the translation revealed that crocodile "dung" was used to cover open wounds. It was not revealed until 1951, after the antibiotic discoveries preceding that date, that crocodile "dung" had very strong antibiotic properties.
I think Georgina Parry should have been somewhat less diplomatic in her essay, topic 1316, when she used the term " incomplete information," as there are many instances where the term "ignorance" should be used.
The statement made by the eminent scientists that declared most of DNA is "Junk DNA" is no less ignorant than that made by the German physicians. Are the esteemed scientists so narcissistic that they cannot say, "We do not know."?