“The gates of hell are open night and day;
Smooth the descent, and easy is the way:
But to return, and view the cheerful skies,
In this the task and mighty labor lies.”
What do you mean by this?
I understand “cargo-culting” as building false idols, e.g. wooden headphones and runways to attract airplanes that never come.
I do the same. Doing HR’s job is not my job. And yet, some how I do.
If I rated any satisfaction metric below 80% my manager’s manager would have him talk to me; there would be flogging until morale improves.
It seems all a game of Emperor’s New Clothes.
If your mitochondria have bird DNA and your nucleus has bird DNA, then you’re a bird.
There’s an easier way. A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) that only and rarely is observed in Japanese can extend human lifespan greatly. Flip a single base pair. This seems the most promising first step for genetically engineering humans.
Yes. Afaik from Nick Lane’s “Oxygen” the Cytochrome Oxidase made from the mitochondrial DNA have to match the Cytochrome C made from nuclear DNA.
Even slight mismatch seems to lower mitochondrial performance and is a problem why heteroplasmy (mixing of mitochondria from father and mother) seems to be selected-out.