Link below appeared in Sam's original WMAP post. I wonder if that's why
he re-posted...
http://www.cosmicfingerprints.com/ifyoucanreadthis.htm
Here's Perry's challenge:
"Gentlemen:
The starting point of this discussion is my central thesis, which is:
1) DNA is not merely a molecule with a pattern; it is a code, a
language, and an information storage mechanism.
2) All codes are created by a conscious mind; there is no natural
process known to science that creates coded information.
3) Therefore DNA was designed by a mind.
If you can provide an empirical example of a code or language that
occurs naturally, you've toppled my proof. All you need is one.
Perry Marshall"
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The "proof" can be toppled without knowledge of/reference to codes or
languages, with the addition of the missing and crucial word, "yet", to
# 2, as in -
"...there is no natural process [yet] known to science that creates
coded information."
At any point along the timeline of knowledge acquisition, we could've
stopped and said, "it's not known, therefore goddidit." Actually, lots
of folks have done just that, so thank goodness for science and those
who've soldiered on...
Also, why "god", in particular? And which one?
For all we know, universes such as ours could be sold like sea
monkeys in the backs of cheap magazines to non-DNA based beings on some
meta-level we can never hope to comprehend. Makes about as much sense
as god. In fact, it makes more sense...
Mitch Perkins
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