How is the base sequence, divided into codons? There is nothing in the backbone of the nucleic acid, which is perfectly regular, to show us how to group the bases into codons.

A theory should not attempt to explain all the facts, because some of the facts are wrong

It is essential to understand our brains in some detail if we are to assess correctly our place in this vast and complicated universe we see all around us.

What could be more foolish than to base one's entire view of life on ideas that, however plausible at the time, now appear to be quite erroneous? And what would be more important than to find our true place in the universe by removing one by one these unfortunate vestiges of earlier beliefs?

Chance is the only source of true novelty.

How is the base sequence, divided into codons? There is nothing in the backbone of the nucleic acid, which is perfectly regular, to show us how to group the bases into codons.

Since I essentially knew nothing, I had an almost completely free choice.