dhasenan comments on What false beliefs have you held and why were you wrong? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 18 October 2014 01:25:13AM 0 points [-]

Wikipedia says there are 500 known amino acids. I take it you were talking about a domain involving fewer potential amino acids?

Comment author: Punoxysm 18 October 2014 06:04:16AM 9 points [-]

The 20 amino acids involved in protein creation.

Comment author: Toggle 18 October 2014 01:51:16AM 6 points [-]

Presumably the slightly greater than twenty that form the universal basis of biological protein polymers. In other words, the amino acids explicitly coded for by DNA.