Comte de Sats Germain on Nostr: I love my new hobby... But also I'm exasperated with its jargon... I see no ...

I love my new hobby... But also I'm exasperated with its jargon... I see no indication that it can do anything more than describe events, the actual mechanisms of which it still hasn't penetrated. For example, in one chapter my book defines homeotic and heterochronic gene expressions, which are genes that mark the beginning of spatial or chronological transcription, and it's certainly interesting - getting a leg to grow out of a drosophila fly's head is cool - but there doesn't appear to be any understanding of the mechanism by which it is actually done. They've found these relationships by destroying different segments of DNA, then noting what changes. But where's the **_actual_** information that describes phenotypic expression? DNA is a protein library ; geometry isn't in there. There's just no way DNA contains the density of information required for phenotypes...

What annoys me is how it appears to be trying to appear authoritative, as if it has all the answers, instead of putting the problem front and center (or at least giving a nod to it) and saying, "this is the mystery, bounty of great renown to whoever solves it!"