That's very interesting, RW. I guess I'm going to have to buy Lipton's book. He's not alone in suspecting that DNA's role is not that of control, but of facilitation. But for DNA to "remain dormant" under normal conditions seems to be a very striking claim.... When it's not dormant, what is it doing, do you think?
I still suspect that there is a dimension as real as dimension time or dimension space, called the dimension of life force (having variable expressions, will, emotion, mind, for want of better terms); when complexity of the physical (non-living) universe reached a threshold, the dimension of life force had a 'hook' upon which the variable expressions of that dimension could then be mixed into the total expressions occurring in the universe of our perception. [I use the term 'continuum' to denote the mixings of variable expressions of the temporal and spatial, and then the temporal, spatial, life force. A fourth dimension I call 'spirit' (for want of better term) would be the current extent of dimensional manifestations we may perceive. Human beings are the only creatures as yet possessing the other three dimensional characteristics; Angels may have dimesnion spirit integrated into their nature, but they lack something of the 'lesser' dimensions to which they are tied (or we are tied, while alive on this planet). Thopught I'd toss that goop into the mix you've posted, with your permission. Noew, to print out the posted document and read it thoroughly. BTW, thanks for posting this thread!
DNA at play between dormant periods