We are made of sequenced, folded protein.
That’s the machinery of life. It’s the machinery of the planet.
If the White Cliffs of Dover are the trace residue of millions of years of warfare between microscopic sea organisms, and if the very atmosphere we breathe is the accretion of respiration of living organisms, then DNA is literally the machinery that can transform a planet. DNA is something that you can’t see, but can literally move mountains and fill oceans and populate the sky with clouds.
DNA is the machinery that animates the world.
If the only observable point of DNA is the replication of itself, then DNA is the ultimate wellspring of all meaning. Meaning comes from culture which comes from people who come from organic life that comes from DNA, and time. DNA plus time equals meaning.
DNA is the meaning molecule.
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