Homo-sapiens ~ DNA Factories
By Barefoot Medic
I recently listened to the book “A short history of nearly everything” by Bill Bryson.
Belatedly, on Disks 13 & 14 of 15, he turned everything on its head by suggesting that we are DNA factories. I’m still coming to terms with his assertion that we exist to create DNA. We are in the service of our genes, not the other way round!? The reality of this chills me…
This
puts all those sudden & unexplained cravings into perspective. An extreme example would be the strange
illogical cravings experienced by women during pregnancy. The body is undergoing changes that require
different building materials so, cram in the pickled onions, and swallow Vaseline
by the jarful or whatever else your genes demand in order to create a new DNA
factory.
We
didn’t invent DNA! DNA was created at
the dawn of time it is the same in humans as in insects & cabbages and has
never varied since the creation of life.
DNA is not alive and yet all our energies seem to be concentrated on
perpetuating its continued existence.
You always manage to make me think Len. Thank you for that.
ReplyDeleteSo, the double helix rules OK. I think DNA stands for Divine Narcistic Abomination. Who, on this Earth, could dream up such an enigma?
ReplyDeleteNo one, must have been God then.
Very thought provoking! We have that book by Bill Bryson, Phill read and enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteI'm reading a book called Sapiens A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari which is also very good.
Shell.