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Episode 11 The Persistence of Memory

Life is complex and Carl assumes with the vastness of the cosmos, other instances of intelligent life must exist. And yet we have the Fermi paradox that we have not seen or heard any other civilizations. My feeling is that the civilizations are so far apart in the cosmos, we are effectively all in separate cages in a cosmic zoo. Everyone is effectively trapped through space and time from contacting one another.

It is an interesting concept to connect the information in genes with the information content of the brain and finally the information stored within our books. Each step exponentially increases the amount of storage capability.

I've heard one theory that man is not the top of the pyramid of life. We are merely the means that DNA uses to keep its message replicating through time. DNA has been at it for several billion years. We may come and go as a life form. DNA will find another host to keep its immortal chain letter continuously being replicated through time.