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The stuff I did with origin of life had to do (mostly) with analyzing tRNA sequences using on line databases. Remarkably, tRNA is 100% ordered: RNA repeats and inverted repeats. I solved tRNA evolution as a puzzle. The tRNA puzzle solution tells a surprising story about pre-life (>4 billion years ago). The puzzle was surprisingly easy to solve. I am a little chagrined that this work isn't better known. It's the stuff that biologists, gamers, logicians and computer folks should love. It's the story of molecular genesis (well, half the story, the top-down part). Can't make life in a test tube (bottom-up) yet, but I have lots of ideas. Go Bruins!

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Well retired Trial Attorneys are into deductive reasoning as well. Yes, 'Go Bruins' & they did they did go well go in those days, The then 'Lew Alcindor' had to sit in the frontt row of my Poli Sci lecture as he did not fit in any other row.

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