hi,
I had access to a DNA encoder -
That is, if you have a DNA encoder, you write the DNA data and interpreter.
It is made of two parts - DNA data to encode hard-coded values and interpreter or "player".
i.e., the interpreter reads the data and acts upon it.
If my memory serves me correctly, it was single-strand and acts as "memory". It is the decoded by an interpreter which then forms the basis of cellular activities.
The thing we normally work with is RNA single-strand (i.e., you encode the left-side, then the right-side is for parity-check) and you work with amino-acids or base-pairs.
i.e., -
RNA(live) + DNA(backup)
you work with left side mirror (RNA-L) and right side is parity checking or preservation
RNA is more chemically active, DNA is more chemically inactive.
the encoding is in opposites, you encode RNA and opposite mirror copy is DNA.
The player or interpreter is called as proteins which act out metabolic activities to make the cell work. e.g., process light to chemical energy (photosynthesis), store energy and then release energy to grow towards light or move around.
e.g., after encoding the DNA of a plant, you grow towards light. (Law of One, 2nd density), or do interesting things, like, make multiple copies of itself (replicate and divide)
to make multiple copies of itself, is to package itself up as a seed and repeat life cycle over and over again, so fill the land with plants - to hold the soil from blowing in the wind, or to till soil.
then make it act upon light, grow towards light, grow bigger and bigger, from top (reaching upwards) and downwards (roots)
if you are particularly creative, you could encode an ant, to move things around, or fish to explore life as a fish - to swim the rivers and oceans, or bird to explore the horizons and fly around. (fly-by-wire)
you could encode a mammal, give it legs (4) make it seek for the water (as the hart panths for the water brooks), walk or run. (cow, horse)
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The main idea of DNA is embodied in the Law of One - to allow the sub-sub-logi to experience other experiences and learn from it.
It was most interesting to experience life as others, e.g., growing towards light (plant), moving towards light sources (animals) and also in darkness (e.g., decomposition, decay)
You could interact with yourself, e.g., a field of same plants or group of horses running around, or shoal of fishes moving together.
You could also watch from the rising of sun to sunset, the growing towards light, from the birth to passing away of your own creations. To learn from other experiences and observing with great interest and constantly learning from itself.
It is all unified creation - every shrub, every tree, is all inter-related.
Of course, you need a container (e.g., planet) to put all of this stuff and an energy source. The planet needs to be in stable orbit. So you need to create outer and inner planets to load-balance gravity. If you create too many planets near the sun, you get unstable orbits and then it crashes into each other. If you create too far out, it could drift away. (Excuse me, have you seen my planet?) Or work in progress (need to put a light-house (quasar) to warn others).