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FLAWED ARGUMENT. "As usual, this argument comes down to using words improperly. A code, by the strictest definition, is in fact something designed by intelligent beings. It is a system of symbols that either arbitrarily or by some system represent various things." https://lnkd.in/d35PkQA View in LinkedIn

NEW DIGITAL LANGUAGE about biology introduces new concepts. Biology is informed by computer programming. DNA is informed by computer code. Equally, computing is informed by biology. The strategies of aberrant code are informed by prions and virus strategies. As we will see. View in LinkedIn

INTELLIGENT DESIGN. "The core argument of Stephen Meyer’s book, Signature in a Cell, written in advocacy of intelligent design, is this: DNA is a code and a computer instruction is a code. Since computer code requires an intelligent designer, and DNA is a code, it follows that DNA is a product of, or is controlled by, an intelligent designer." https://lnkd.in/dRV7_cp View in LinkedIn

DOMINION OVER NATURE. "The fusion of the digital world of the machine and that of biology would open up remarkable possibilities for creating novel species and guiding future evolution." https://books.google.es/books/about/Life_at_the_Speed_of_Light.html?id=GWDD9yMb33cC&hl=en View in LinkedIn

LIFE AS I.T. "We defined the terms “synthetic life” and “synthetic cells” in a reasonably specific way, as cells completely controlled only by a synthetic DNA chromosome. The synthetic genome was the software of life, which specified every protein robot in the cell, and therefore every one of the cell’s functions. From the public response to our announcement and scientific publication, however, it was clear that some found it hard to accept the concept of life as an information system." https://books.google.es/books/about/Life_at_the_Speed_of_Light.html?id=GWDD9yMb33cC&hl=en View in LinkedIn

CONTROLLING EVOLUTION: "DNA is the software of the cell, and when we change the software we change the species." (Craig Venter). This is species change without the help of aeons of evolution, humans directly controlling evolution in a test-tube. https://lnkd.in/eJFrT_P View in LinkedIn

GAME CHANGER. "In 2010, biologist Craig Venter, already known as a key figure behind the mapping of the human genome, announced his creation of a microbe that earned the name Synthia: “the first self-replicating species on the planet whose parent was a computer.” https://lnkd.in/eFMx6_S View in LinkedIn

THE CREATION OF LIFE FROM INFORMATION. "Venter had been the first person in history to make a functioning creature from information. Looking at the strings of letters representing the DNA sequence for a virus called phi X174, which infects bacteria, he thought to himself, "I can assemble real DNA based on that computer information." And so he did, creating a virus based on the phi X174 genomic code." https://lnkd.in/dyGvsfW View in LinkedIn

PROGRAMMABLE LIFE revolution parallels changing from an alphabet of ABC to 1/0; Craig Venter created the first synthetic cell from four bottles of inert chemicals; "we can now write the gene code for cells from scratch. This will transform almost all industries in the coming 50 years." https://lnkd.in/e-geyA5 View in LinkedIn

SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY ushered in the concept of 'programmable life' and 'digital biology', radical concepts that break with earlier thinking. The cell is now considered the hardware of living things, and DNA is its programmable software. View in LinkedIn