A woman walks into a dealership eying a new Corvette. The salesman walks up and starts explaining that the engine is hand assembled with forged pistons and connecting rods, and a fully balanced rotating assembly. She says "whoa, too much info! I just wanted something flashy to let my ex-husband know that his alimony is going to good use!" Too much info? Yes. Damage done? None.
A human normally has 23 pairs of chromosomes, or 46 total chromosomes. The chromosomes are divided into genes. The genes of course have all the information that determine what a person will be like. From the color of the hair to the size of the feet, and everything in between. With Joey's condition, he just has a little extra chromosome. Not even a full one in the case of trisomy 17, but just a partial one. Just a little bit too much information. How can too much info be bad? I mean if the extra part of the chromosome that he has contains, oh say, the information for how the heart will be, couldn't he just have two hearts? Like a Timelord? What would be the harm in that? Or some extra brain power?? I mean, how does just a little tiny bit of extra information throw things off so much?
Sorry if my nerdy references zip right over your head like an Incom T-65 trying to chase down a TIE fighter.
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