There is no way I see for 1% random destruction to erase the person information-theoretically.
I suspect you are right. Since the important structures involved are significantly larger than one molecule, most of the single molecule alterations will be rather obvious and easy to reverse (for a given kind of ‘easy’).
I suspect you are right. Since the important structures involved are significantly larger than one molecule, most of the single molecule alterations will be rather obvious and easy to reverse (for a given kind of ‘easy’).