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For those wishing DNA worked exactly like computer code
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<blockquote data-quote="ranunculus" data-source="post: 76175588" data-attributes="member: 230738"><p>[USER=397968]@tas8831[/USER]</p><p></p><p>Your opening post got me thinking about analogies even if most of it is beyond my understanding.</p><p></p><p>I've occasionally heard a creationist argument about how DNA is a code and therefore must have an author. I often think about that and feel strongly that it doesn't pass the sniff test but I find it hard to parse exactly what is wrong with it. But I have some rough ideas.</p><p></p><p>It's easy to image a scientist saying at one time that DNA is like a code. And someone else interpreting that DNA is in fact a code. The problem I see is that the word 'like' in the English language has (too) many usages.</p><p></p><p>If I say "it looks like no one is here", then the situation is exactly what it looks like, no one is here.</p><p>If I say "that cat looks like a dog', then the situation is not what it looks like, because a cat is not a dog.</p><p></p><p>So if someone says that DNA is like a code, it's like the second example because DNA is not a code and a cat is not a dog.</p><p>Just because you can glean information out of DNA, does not make it a code, requiring an author. In the same way that tree rings are not a code. If you cut down a tree and count the rings, you can get information about the age of the tree. That does not make tree rings a code. Tree rings are the result of natural physical processes and do not require an author. The same is true for DNA. </p><p></p><p>I'm wondering if my reasoning is even in the ballpark of being correct.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ranunculus, post: 76175588, member: 230738"] [USER=397968]@tas8831[/USER] Your opening post got me thinking about analogies even if most of it is beyond my understanding. I've occasionally heard a creationist argument about how DNA is a code and therefore must have an author. I often think about that and feel strongly that it doesn't pass the sniff test but I find it hard to parse exactly what is wrong with it. But I have some rough ideas. It's easy to image a scientist saying at one time that DNA is like a code. And someone else interpreting that DNA is in fact a code. The problem I see is that the word 'like' in the English language has (too) many usages. If I say "it looks like no one is here", then the situation is exactly what it looks like, no one is here. If I say "that cat looks like a dog', then the situation is not what it looks like, because a cat is not a dog. So if someone says that DNA is like a code, it's like the second example because DNA is not a code and a cat is not a dog. Just because you can glean information out of DNA, does not make it a code, requiring an author. In the same way that tree rings are not a code. If you cut down a tree and count the rings, you can get information about the age of the tree. That does not make tree rings a code. Tree rings are the result of natural physical processes and do not require an author. The same is true for DNA. I'm wondering if my reasoning is even in the ballpark of being correct. [/QUOTE]
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