Is An Alien Message Embedded In Our Genetic Code?

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Re: Is An Alien Message Embedded In Our Genetic Code?

Postby justdrew » Sat Apr 06, 2013 5:17 pm

there are so many possible coding schemes and the need for mutation proofing it will require some complex redundancy system, and we have no idea whatsoever what the original message would even look like, I'd have to guess the odds are low of finding such a thing. Even comparing multiple whole genome sequences from many individuals and looking for sequences the same in all is problematic since the "message" sequence would have accumulated different errors in different people.

Besides, perhaps the Medium is the Message
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Re: Is An Alien Message Embedded In Our Genetic Code?

Postby Wombaticus Rex » Sun Apr 07, 2013 10:01 am

Love thy neighbor? Don't tell me those Christian nutjobs are right!

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Bonus: I actually dreamed about typing this precise comment last night. +10 precog slippage points, -50 for wasting dreamtime on the internet.

I wouldn't say it's intelligent design because that implies design: it's just ubiquitous intelligence and we're all inside it, being watched, poked and ultimately digested.
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Re: Is An Alien Message Embedded In Our Genetic Code?

Postby DrEvil » Sun Apr 07, 2013 1:24 pm

On a more serious note from my last comment (and thanks Jerky :) ), I seem to remember reading somewhere that most of the "junk" in our DNA is made up of retro-viruses we picked up along the way.

90%+ of our bodies are made up of different lifeforms that just happen to be beneficial for us to carry around (or the other way around), and I can't really see any good reasons why our DNA should be any different. We pick up "junk" along the way - if it's helpful, or at least not harmful, it stays. If it's not - the poor bastard who caught it dies.
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Re: Is An Alien Message Embedded In Our Genetic Code?

Postby Hammer of Los » Wed Apr 24, 2013 9:03 am

...

The medium is the massage.

We are the f**king illuminati.

I always knew you were crazy, FB.

Keep on hittin' them balls, slugger.

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Re: Is An Alien Message Embedded In Our Genetic Code?

Postby Simulist » Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:22 am

Is An Alien Message Embedded In Our Genetic Code?

When decoded, the message reads, "Fnord."
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