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In regards to my previous question, Delbruck, DNA discoverer, says?
In calling the structure of the chromosome fibers a code-script we mean tha the all-penetrating mind, once conceived by Laplace, to which every causal connection lay immediatley open, could tell from their structure whether the egg would develop, under suitable conditions, into a black cock or a specked hen.
What is the meaning of the 'all-penetrating mind' and in particular the meaning of the 'In calling the structure of the chromosome fibers a code-script we mean tha the all-penetrating mind, once conceived by Laplace, to which every causal connection lay immediatley open'?
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- LilyLv 67 years agoFavorite Answer
I don't blame you for asking what this means. It's hard for me to imagine a more complicated sentence. It is so hard to unravel what the author is trying to say, that he has failed in his task, which is to communicate.
'All-penetrating mind' probably means the mind of someone who is very smart and very insightful. Based on that, I would guess that what the author is trying to say is something like:
Saying that the chromosome fibers is like a code-script indicates that a person who has great understanding of the fiber code would know immediately whether the egg would develop into a black cock or a speckled hen.
