Hats off, sir!

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I remember a visit by Chinese government officials in year 2000 to Incyte Genomics. They were interested in knowing how best to establish a thriving biotech industry with strong long-term innovation characteristics. They wanted to know what was most important and how to accelerate their industry.

Exactly what I said. I thought it was an April Fool joke.

Not necessarily. It just puts you in the crosshairs for a Cambridge Analytica style propaganda campaign designed to flip you to the dark side. Too many liberals going to the dark side is not “organic.”

Flipping all of that would take concerted effort. I used to think it was difficult to sell opposing views. Maybe it is easier than we know if there is a proven algorithm that can perform much work to engage and brainwash the targeted audience.

Statistically impossible unless there is some brain-washing going on.

I know people (even tech CEOs) are easily duped by propaganda and fear. But I also know that educated liberal people have strong beliefs in facts, law, science, and history and what is right and wrong. So…

Conjecture: Something must going on to “cause” that because 1. It takes a lot to get people’s minds changed, and 2. There is a lot of news and events flowing that objectively points to deception coming from the Trump right wing. To flip many liberals in this environment should be very difficult.

Cambridge Analytica proved it was possible to influence individuals and groups with targeted attacks by leading them on a synthetic emotional roller coaster designed to make them angry and question their beliefs. And to instill in them new beliefs.

Too many historically liberals are flipping.

I don’t know the man, but as far as I know everything he stood for and believed passionately and has many speeches about — he has flipped 180. How does that happen?? How could that happen?

Ice? Not Ice!

I had this idea in 1979-80, and made a few notes of music from rrnB operon sequences back then when working in Harry Noller’s lab — one of the first DNA sequencing labs. We didn’t have any software back then. Proofreading was Jurgen and I reading it back to each other. I wanted music to help.

Not weird in a bad way.

Well, except Nick, here, being a “designer”.

Flowers “run” on algorithms of gene expression which is run on patterns in RNA-protein complexes responding to environmental cues. Precise microscopic mechanisms in a sea of chaos. Purpose and beauty emerging from randomness. No designer. Just physics and mathematics as “the rules.”

Nick: I encourage your work directions. Big fan.

Hey, i was wondering what CycleBar was like inside. You answered my question. Leadership demonstrated. I’ll go in for my first spin. Yet another form of Swalwelling.