[B-Chan]

I’ve long wondered if DNA is serial in nature. Life seems to prefer harmonics over serial tones. I’d be willing to bet that DNA is more like a Bach fugue — a rich, contrapuntal array of complex chords — than it is like a simple tune picked out note by note.

[GodGunsGuts]

I have a feeling what is at work is far beyond our wildest imagination. I very much like your analogy. I was thinking in terms of computers having codes upon codes (like binary, windows, MS Word, etc). But your analogy is soooo much better!

[RightOnline]

Your post is why I’ve come to FR for nine years. Bravo.

[fortunecookie]

I’ve long wondered if DNA is serial in nature. Life seems to prefer harmonics over serial tones. I’d be willing to bet that DNA is more like a Bach fugue — a rich, contrapuntal array of complex chords — than it is like a simple tune picked out note by note.

Bump! Great analogy! Anyone, like me, who has played Bach is now imagining such a piece in a whole new way! Harmonic tones and the complex math underlying it, mirroring the complex math uncovered in classical music and most music. And considering that Bach was relatively limited in terms of writing one piece at a time using materials that seem almost primitive these days (ink pen, no DVD or Ipod or computer), I imagine the DNA to be like many Bach pieces strung together and/or interwoven. Wow.