Darwin-L Message Log 2:74 (October 1993)

Academic Discussion on the History and Theory of the Historical Sciences

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<2:74>From mahaffy@dordt.edu  Tue Oct 12 13:35:26 1993

Subject: Re: Manuscript polymorphism Good analog?
To: darwin-l@ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1993 13:39:46 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Prof. James Mahaffy" <mahaffy@dordt.edu>

I have been observing the thread that tries to compare manuscript
writing to DNA translation.  My biological experience suggests that
models in biology are based on observed emperical data. Although there
are analogies between the two since both are information writing, can
detailed similarity be anything but fortuitous.  Maybe I am missing
something but it seems like an interesting comparison, whose point I
don't quite see.

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James F. Mahaffy       e-mail: mahaffy@dordt.edu
Biology Department       phone: 712 722-6279
Dordt College        FAX 712 722-1198
Sioux Center, Iowa 51250

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