tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post3233569021820188254..comments2023-10-30T04:16:25.917-04:00Comments on Sentient Developments: Uh, no.Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003484633933455827noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-48381406175857137202007-06-28T14:45:00.000-04:002007-06-28T14:45:00.000-04:00See this figure and caption:http://www.coseti.org/...See this figure and caption:<BR/><BR/>http://www.coseti.org/images/lefig_3.gif<BR/><BR/>FIGURE 3: Nakamura (1986) examined the DNA structure of the SV40 virus. In (a) is shown a part of the genetic structure that the author considered to be a star map. In (b) is a representation of the map of the constellation Eridani.<BR/><BR/>References:<BR/><BR/>Nakamura, H., SV40 DNA: A Message from Epsilon-Eridani?, Acta<BR/>Astronautica, vol. 13, no. 9, pp. 573-578, 1986<BR/><BR/>Yokoo, H., and Oshima, T., Is Bacteriophage Phi X 174 DNA a<BR/>Message from an ETI?, Icarus, vol. 38, pp. 148-153, 1979<BR/><BR/>Excerpt quote:<BR/><BR/>“There have been some speculations that a simple biological system carrying a message and capable of self-replication in suitable environments may be one possible channel for interstellar communication (Yokoo and Oshima, 1979, and Nakamura, 1986). These kinds of ideas have several and severe objections. For example, the impossibility of predicting the environment of the target star in order to favor the self-replication of the molecular structure, the impossibility of avoiding the destruction of the content of the message by molecular mutations, and the impossibility for us to distinguish between a “natural” organism and a real biological interstellar message.”<BR/><BR/>The full article here:<BR/><BR/>http://www.coseti.org/lemarch1.htm<BR/><BR/><BR/>Joe Davis is a scientist and artist in residence at MIT. Among other<BR/>things he has promoted the idea of ETI sending messages via DNA<BR/>through interstellar dust spread about the galaxy. He has also placed<BR/>various artworks in the DNA of microbes - see the SciAM article<BR/>linked to this page below:<BR/><BR/>http://www.viewingspace.com/genetics_culture/pages_genetics_culture/gc_w03/davis_joe.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-15775433448176124562007-06-27T11:11:00.000-04:002007-06-27T11:11:00.000-04:00Wouldn't this be an attempt to verify the 'Gilgame...Wouldn't this be an attempt to verify the 'Gilgamesh' story?<BR/><BR/>Sure, it's not very likely..but evidence of genetic tampering would boost the credibility of those myths.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18184881228335359733noreply@blogger.com