You stated earlier that in many biochemistry journals the idea that a code is implanted in DNA and what makes that– what defines the idea that that is a code of design?
A. Well, I didn’t say a code was implanted in DNA. I said DNA is code. Q. Okay. A. It contains a sequence of chemicals that in common parlance spell out something. They spell out the shape of proteins and the proteins that they produce have functions and produce living reproducing organisms, so there’s function. And simply the identification of a code– I don’t know of any code, there may be a code. I don’t know of codes– which is where one set of symbols corresponds to another set of symbols and is used to communicate a message. I don’t know any example of a code coming from a nonintelligent source. So to me it’s not irresponsible. It is not– I mean, it’s perfectly logical to say the code in DNA may have come from some intelligence, but that’s where I think I have to stop.
