DNA, The Number 8 and the Infinity Symbol

Random Thoughts: I was recently thinking about how DNA and the Infinity Symbol looks similar in a 2D image. Which gave me the idea to look at the similarities between DNA and Infinity Symbol. While looking up the definitions, I thought I might as well also check out the meaning of the number 8 since, in my mind, it is a right-side up Infinity Symbol. Below is some of the information I gathered quickly:

1. A DNA molecule provides a “code” that specifies all the proteins that any living thing could ever require and (get ready…) it has an infinity amount of different possibilities.
2. Infinity is taken from the Latin word ‘infinitas’ which means unboundedness or endless. In 1655, John Wallis is credited with introducing the Infinity Symbol with its mathematical meaning, in his De sectionibus conicis. This I thought was crazy, since he basically thought up a symbol that represents the 2 D form of DNA , which is the basic code in which the possibilities are endless.
3. The number 8, in Numerology, has a basic meaning of: Endlessness -the Material & Spiritual balance, manifestation, one-pointedness of mind, wholeness, strength, power, success, self-discipline, achievement, abundance, entrepreneur, and leadership. The number 8 is also the atomic number for oxygen.

Now, how does 8 have anything to do with DNA? A team of researchers has expanded the genetic alphabet by creating synthetic DNA that uses eight letters rather than four, according to a new study published in the journal Science. The new manufactured structure is called “hachimoji DNA.” The possibilities and uses for the “hachimoji DNA” are now endless, especially with the potential of being an upgraded storage capacity means. We could actually use the eight-letter DNA to store information, like a super-durable, microscopic computer chip. Apparently, DNA lasts far longer and takes up much less space than hard drives, and researchers have successfully stored a full computer operating system and an entire movie in normal, four-letter DNA.

SO, now you are at the end of the article and you are thinking, “Where are you going with this”….. and like I stated at the top of this article, it was just random thoughts. Below is more information on the “hachimoji DNA”.

Article: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/363/6429/884