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coffee_addict
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09-19-2005 12:40 AM 		Reply to: Message 27 by Enuf_Alredy
09-18-2005 11:49 PM

Re: Mutations
You can't use that analogy. The language of genetics only uses 4 letters. Try to guess what they are.
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It may shock you to learn that DNA strands are only made of 4 bases, but to those of us who have a at least a little bit of background in genetics and biology, it's common knowledge.
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Now, if you want to completely discredit the theory of evolution, go ahead and find a creature whose DNA does not include one one or more of the 4 bases.
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09-19-2005 2:02 AM 		Reply to: Message 32 by TheLiteralist
09-19-2005 12:52 AM

Re: number of letters
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why does the number of "letters" (bases) invalidate the analogy?
Cuz I said so, and we all know that I am omnicient!
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There are many coding systems with varying numbers of symbols. Computer machine language uses only two: 0 and 1. Yet, eventually, all computer programs -- no matter the logic, thought, complexity, intelligence, and meaning of the programs -- get reduced to series of 0s and 1s.
Yes, but things like chinese characters and roman letters can't be broken down to something universally basic.
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I really dont see how the number of coding objects (symbols, electrical impulses/non-impulses, bases, etc.) in any particular coding system prevents comparison among coding systems.
There are subtle differences between coding systems that are ultimately based on some kind of a universal base code. In the case of computers, 0 and 1 are universal. In the case of DNA, GCAD are the basis.
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But Chinese and the Romance languages do not share anything in common. They can't be broken down to something that both are based on.
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This is why using differences in chinese and Latin and DNA is a false analogy.
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