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Re:The Complex Truth About ‘Junk DNA’ by HPsquared on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @05:48PM (#28385914)
That'd be the case if a conscious entity was not daring to remove code.

An evolutionary process, on the other hand, doesn't fear removing random sections so their continued presence indicates the "junk" must (somehow) be important to the organism's fitness.

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Re:The Complex Truth About ‘Junk DNA’ by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @05:52PM (#28385974)
Or not. Since a random process doesn't care, its easy to carry around indefinitely. Like that closet you never bother to clean.
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