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Comment by knome

Simplicity would be more likely to imply creation than complexity.

Simplicity implies understanding and intent.

No one would design the absolute spaghetti code mess that underlies our existence.

Look at the computers we build. Neat little rows and friendly little abstractions.

Life isn't. It's billions of years of good enough hacks layered one atop the other, and sometimes transitioned sideways from other forks of the code base.

Near half our DNA is just viral cruft that got mixed up and passed along for untold generations.

>Eight percent of our DNA consists of remnants of ancient viruses, and another 40 percent is made up of repetitive strings of genetic letters that is also thought to have a viral origin

https://www.cshl.edu/the-non-human-living-inside-of-you/

parent knome 3 years ago

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