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1
Hmm, I'd suspected reading Slog was the brains method of waste disposal.
2
Nope. That would be writing for Slog. Especially in Mudede's case.
3
Actually, changes like this tend not to be one thing turning on and only one thing happening, but a viable change is when one thing turns on and - since other portions are already in go position - the entire regulatory chain kicks in.

Be careful, though. Turning on things can have interesting side effects. Like cell bleeding, biochemical imbalances, etc.
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PZ Myers gave a good talk about non-coding DNA. Short version: most of it really is junk. 5% is functional (genes, useful RNAs, regulatory regions), 10% is structural (centromeres and telomeres), 45% is parasitic (LINEs, SINEs, endogenous retroviruses, transposons), and the remaining 40% is probably pure garbage.
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"A... system that drains waste from the brain at a rapid clip"- this would be called "the mouth" yes?

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