RE: Godel's theorem

Glenn Morton (GRMorton@gnn.com)
Fri, 15 Mar 1996 23:10:09

Dennis Sweitzer wrote:
>
>Glenn wrote,
>
>>Now, does anyone have a TV set that plays DNA?
>
>No, but there might be a radio.
>
>A few years ago someone devised an algorithm to transcribe DNA sequences
>into music. I even heard some of it played on the radio. The sequences
>they arranged were of an immune gene and the AIDS genome; the immune gene
>sounded like a rather pleasant, "light" theme, while the AIDS sequence was
>extremely dark and menacing.
>
>I suspect that there was quite a bit of flexibility in the algorithm to
>allow the arranger to adjust the end result. I may have even read an
>article or two about it, but it was not clear exactly what they did.
>
>Has anyone else heard of this?
>

I heard that music on NPR a few years ago. Your description of it is quite
correct. As I recall the guy said he used the same translation mapping for
both the AIDS and the immune gene. It was interesting.

glenn