DNA jumps between animal species, but no one knows how often

Re:DNA jumps between animal species, but no one knows how often by ABCLAW on Thursday June 10, 2021 @12:37PM (#27462628)

I think the only real takeaways on the coding/biology comparison are applying base-level informatic systems ideas to explain some biological developments, and in reverse looking at biological system mechanics as inspiration for designed systems.

I don't think the 'chemistry is an OPERATING SYSTEM' level of handwaving is sufficient to glean insights, but understanding general systems-level interactome patterns of how proteins interact does help provide knowledge about how natural and designed systems can self-regulate, how they fail, how they can be structured, etc.

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Re:DNA jumps between animal species, but no one knows how often by throwanem on Thursday June 10, 2021 @12:40PM (#27462670)

Sure, at that level it makes sense. The trouble seems to be that in order to know that that's the level at which it makes sense, you need to know considerably more about informatics than is the default among programmers who like to indulge in this kind of speculation. Kind of a Dunning-Kruger problem, maybe; there certainly was a time when I likewise didn't know what I didn't know.

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