cbirch2
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I would stray away from abstracting the idea of a code too much, everyone.
I would call DNA a code just like binary. Binary code seems like a strange concept to most people; they dont usually understand how 0's and 1's can construct the complex things you do on a computer. But these 0's and 1's arent abstract concepts: They're actually represented by the electrons, or lack thereof, inside the millions of capacitors of the memory/CPU of your computer. So everything that we think of as an abstract code is ultimately broken down into physical concepts.
Similarly, DNA is an abstract code derived from physical concepts. Groups of nucleotides, which are just rings of carbon atoms with some extras, are used as templates for the ultimate creation of proteins by enzymes. Genes arent abstract any more than a computer program is abstract.
Electrons in capacitors make up a single bit, a group of 8 bits make up a byte. Nucleotides in a DNA strand make up a single piece of information, you could call it a bit. And a group of 3 nucleotides made up a codon, just like how 8 bits make a byte.
These concepts are only abstract if you dont take them time to think about how the supposedly abstract concept translates into physical atoms and particles. I suspect YWC makes this mistake a lot.
By Mayo Clinic staff
Genetic testing involves examining your DNA, the chemical database that carries instructions for your body's functions. Genetic testing can reveal changes or alterations in your genes that may cause illness or disease.
Genetic testing - MayoClinic.com
I think these guys agree with what I am saying.
So I will ask again name one language,code,or a form of communication that came about naturally, absent of intelligence ?
The problem is your definition of intelligence.
Obviously, language and intelligence developed at the same time. Even animals are somewhat intelligent, and even animals have some form of communication.
You realize human language is not that complex, right? Vowels are just the sounds you can say with your resonators (throat, mouth, and diaphragm), consonants require the use of enunciators (teeth, lips, tongue, jaw). Is "A" really that complex of a sound. Language certainly evolved naturally, it was not passed down by god.
Besides, you cant just say "this code seems made by god so it is". Its just rings of carbon, remember?