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> A similar mystery is why DNA chose a base64 nucleic coding system for 21 amino acids and a few punctuations. This implies a kind of Cambrian explosion of cod
by hyperpallium 6y ago
> A similar mystery is why DNA chose a base64 nucleic coding system for 21 amino acids and a few punctuations.
This implies a kind of Cambrian explosion of coding systems for nature to "choose" from. Maybe xenogenetics will help us recognize its remnants.
- ethbro 6y agoAs my father pointed out to a younger me, 'Evolution is lazy. It would always rather repurpose something already created than build something new from scratch.' So, why base64? Because there was already a nice base64 library in the evolutionary repo...