Another 'problem' of living organisms overcome by ingenious biological adaptation is the problem of data storage and retrieval. How is an organism's design documented? Michael Denton discusses the genius of DNA in 'The Puzzle of Perfection', a chapter in his book Evolution: A Theory In Crisis ....
"A chemical solution to the problem of information storage has, of course, been solved in living things by exploiting the properties of the long chain-like DNA polymers in which cells store their hereditary information. It is a superbly economical solution. The capacity of DNA to store information vastly exceeds that of any oth
er known system: it is so efficient that all the information needed to specify an organism as complex as man weighs less than a few thousand millionths of a gram. The information necessary to specify the design of all the species of organisms which have ever existed on the planet, a number according to G. G. Simpson of approximately one thousand million, could be held in a teaspoon and there would still be room left for all the information in every book ever written." (Adler & Adler, 1985, page 334.)
DNA is another example of an amazing, useful biological adaptation that sheds light on an ingenious, powerful, creator God.
"A chemical solution to the problem of information storage has, of course, been solved in living things by exploiting the properties of the long chain-like DNA polymers in which cells store their hereditary information. It is a superbly economical solution. The capacity of DNA to store information vastly exceeds that of any oth
er known system: it is so efficient that all the information needed to specify an organism as complex as man weighs less than a few thousand millionths of a gram. The information necessary to specify the design of all the species of organisms which have ever existed on the planet, a number according to G. G. Simpson of approximately one thousand million, could be held in a teaspoon and there would still be room left for all the information in every book ever written." (Adler & Adler, 1985, page 334.) DNA is another example of an amazing, useful biological adaptation that sheds light on an ingenious, powerful, creator God.
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