DNA is not a Blueprint

People often describe DNA as a blueprint for constructing a body. It’s not.

Daniel Goldman
Feb 3 · 4 min read
Photo by Martin Adams on Unsplash

Education is hard. Unfortunately it’s often necessary to simplify a concept for people to understand it when they’re first learning about it. Educators want children to learn concepts about how biological systems work, but some concepts are too complicated to explain in an accurate way. DNA is one…

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I’m a polymath and a rōnin scholar. That is to say that I enjoy studying many different topics. Find more at http://danielgoldman.us

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