DNA Dreams

I realize, of course, that telling people about dreams like the two I'm about to relate isn't likely to win me any friends. But the interesting thing about that is we still have dreams after our friends are all long gone.

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The first dream was just silly. I dreamt that someone injected DNA into little polymer clay creatures so that they came to life. They were truly 'animated.' All these evil little clay-mates (claymeres) were running around trying to rule and/or destroy the world. You could easily squash them like bugs, but it was still a little disturbing...

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The second dream was a direct result of having read Matt Ridley's book "Nature via Nurture." (I'd underline the title, but I don't do html [yes, of course I do windows]) Anyway, Matt Ridley was saying that certain experiences can actually turn on or turn off the expression of certain genes.

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So I fell asleep with my face in this book and dreamt about a world-wide DNA census. Based on this census, five people were chosen from each nation and/or ethnicity on earth. These people were then capsulized. (don't ask me what that means--it was a dream.) But as they lay inert in their capsules, they began to change so that their DNA reverted back to its original (like, dawn of creation) state.

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I wouldn't be at all surprised if there were already a SciFi novel with the same sort of plot, so please don't ruin my strange lovely dream by telling me about it. I don't read fiction so I'm certainly not going to start writing it. If there's not, forget it. This dated blog is as good as a copy-right.

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