How Evolution Causes an Increase in Information, Part I

Here I show how evolution via natural selection will increase information stored in DNA. In short, mutations are random events occurring in the genome. If a mutation occurs that is beneficial, it will be selected for (remember, selection is NOT random). Since selection is a product of the environment, that mutation stores information about the environment. For example, in an environment with malaria, having normal hemoglobin is a bad thing, you are susceptible to the disease. But if you have a mutation in hemoglobin, you have an increased resistance. This mutation therefore gives us information about the environment, it contains the pathogen malaria. In the video I show other examples as well.

We also know that genes can duplicate. This increases the raw material on which mutations can act. Clearly increasing information.

Finally, I present the scientific evidence that one of the genes responsible for nylon digestion came about via a frame shift mutation in a previously existing gene. Frame shifts alter the reading frame and therefore result in an entirely new protein. This is an example of an entire protein appearing at once. Clearly an increase in information. That enzyme however does not have great activity (though it is enough for the bacteria to survive on nylon alone). It takes two more point mutations to increase the activity 200-fold.

So when a creationist asks, are there examples of mutations that increase information, the answer is simple. ALL mutations that are selected for add information to the genome.

Here's an interesting quote from another peer reviewed scientific paper where they simulate organisms to evaluate if information will increase or not in their genomes:

" In particular, we show that, in fixed environments, for organisms whose fitness depends only on their own sequence information, physical complexity must always increase."

Adami et al. PNAS 2000

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[CJones990]

@Ramohog watch?v=gJVjTh98aHU

[Ramohog]

Yes evolution can increase information by man made added intelligence, but when the total function of the gene changes it is never beneficial for the overall system, hence degeneration and genetic entropy. which will never result into new organs and higher life forms!

[CleverWendago]

@DisprovingEvolution How does that even make sense?

So what you are saying is that when a scientist finds something new rather than investigating it, you say proclaims it is proof of god and everybody goes home.

[KevinLounsberry]

@DisprovingEvolution I think someone's gettin their troll on.

[Aanthanur]

@DisprovingEvolution LOL you have to be kidding.

[DisprovingEvolution]

Epic evo straw man arguments in this vid.

Hard to take it seriously.

The evo-religion and evo-faith is apparently strong with this deluded one.

You do realize that when Creationists cite example after example of fully formed fossils of never before seen life forms in the fossil record (like Bats for instance) that just suddenly appear with no traceable source of origin and with complex systems (like Sonar and winged appendages) it destroys this entire video? Evo-kids love to cherry pick ;)

[LIEPANEW]

@circle601 Oh ok my apologies ;)

[circle601]

@LIEPANEW responed to wrong comment

[LIEPANEW]

@circle601 I am an atheist ;) You need to work on your English xD

[circle601]

@LIEPANEW you where born as an atheast. all babys are not part of any religion until their parents force the religion. so everbodys not going to get in so why try when you are born with 2 sins alredy. in a diffrent comment you say 'penalty for sin is death' that is how belives say they get to heven so heven is the pushment. so if i belived in heven i do not have a ending no matter what my life is like