Biology Quote by Donald Knuth

“I can't be as confident about computer science as I can about biology. Biology easily has 500 years of exciting problems to work on. It's at that level.”

Donald Knuth

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I have a hunch that the unknown sequences of DNA will decode into copyright notices and patent protections.

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