The Thermosensitive Critical Event of the Viral Cycle
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“The deciphering of the world must carry within itself its own demonstration.”
Arthur Schopenhauer
The world as will and idea
Vol. II, Chapter XVII
On the metaphysical need of mankind.
I—FOREWORD
In the year 1961, a paleontologist discovered the foot prints of a dinosaurian, an iguanodon, which had lived in the United Kingdom a few hundred millions years ago. There were 13 pairs of foot prints, a heretofore unknown large number of reptilian fossil foot prints. Moreover, the steps, clearly preserved in limestone, were lying in a perfectly straight line. From these remarkable facts the paleontologist drew two remarkable conclusions: (a) the iguanodon was going somewhere, and (b) it was going there with a definite purpose.
Our work on the effect of temperature on viral development was started a long time ago. A paleontologist searching in a library would discover 21 fossil papers preserved in various fossil periodicals. He would...
