Could DNA Be Hacked, Like Software?
It’s already been done. As a language, DNA can carry malicious messagesThe researcher/hackers merely wanted to demonstrate the possibility, in an age when DNA is becoming popular culture.
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Can genes predict which birds can learn to talk?
A recent study disappointed researchers, who really hoped to learn why humans use languageParrots, it was found, have some unique, parrot-specific genes, whose origin is currently unknown, genes that may help them learn to mimic human sounds as well as bird calls.
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How is Human Language Different from Animal Signals?
What do we need from language that we cannot get from signals alone?Language, which is the rule-based use of abstract designators, is essential for abstract thought because only designators can point to things that have no concrete physical existence. Only human beings think abstractly, and language is what makes abstract thought possible.
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