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    It’s not clear apparently. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junk_DNA.
    Although OP seems to confuse non-coding DNA (the ~98%) and junk DNA. Some non-coding DNA has clearly identified roles, so it should be well below 98% of junk, and there’s a lot left to explore.

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      My brother in Christ, the joke is life wouldn’t work without this “junk” DNA. And if Arch users were to get rid of this “bloat”, they would literally dissolve.

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        My cousin in Darwin, OP also means original post, I got the joke. The comment was about the science behind, so that’s what I replied about.