PART 1: David Attenborough on Darwin - by Nature Video

he has a stunning voice for the narriation of nature programs...love him....

(Quote): "You might as well call a puddle that provides a shape to the water collecting in it a "language" communicating information" (end quote)


A puddles are not biological instructions.

We know that for something to be rightly called a language, it must contain the following elements:

(1) an alphabet or coding system

(2) correct spelling, grammar (a proper arrangement of the words)

(3) meaning (semantics) and an intended purpose.

Code originates in a mind /thought, language i.e, Logos

@PatchesRips

Why would I consent? there are innumerable sets of belief systems pertaining to the human condition. Who am I to deny people their right to their beliefs. The more that are taught, discussed, part of the public discourse in the society they are relevant to the better for all of us. Of course there is that great harm to consider but science and faith can sit alongside each other instead of existing in opposition.

"I don't believe in it"

Then why would you consent to having it taught alongside science in our schools?

DNA is not a language, nor is it information. In reality, it is a chemical catalyst whose shape causes other molecules to form proteins. That's not language, and nothing is being communicated. You might as well call a puddle that provides a shape to the water collecting in it a "language" communicating information.

Damn David is a fucking smart guy!

@prschuster

I am a chemist, biochemist, environmetalist, psyhcologist and confirmed agnostic and still think Darwins theories are just that, dominant theories or narrratives, socially constructed by dominant groups. Look at the evidence without all these tainted a priori assumptions and theories. What are you so afraid of, that your world view will collapse because creationsim is allowed to be taught? I dont believe in it, but if people do, so be it. Its just another story

DNA code is empirical proof that biological life forms are a creative product of information and language.

(A) Information is: the communication or reception of knowledge or intelligence.

(B) Information exist independent of its medium.
(the same information can be stored in one's mind, expressed verbally, written on paper, typed on a computer etc.)

(C) Code = Language. Language originates in a MIND.
There ore only two types of language known to man: (1) That of human mind origin (2) DNA code.

Information is not matter or energy.
Language is not matter or energy.