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Adnan Oktar (Harun Yahya) 119

tor. Instead of three connections with other components, a single neuron
may have tens of thousands . . . there are some ten thousand million neu-
rons in the human brain: you could pack only a few hundred transistors
into a skull. 70
In every brain cell, there is a system consisting of tiny connections
in a small surface area that can transmit hundreds of messages at a speed
of 100 meters (328 feet) a second and that never forgets, becomes con-
fused or causes delays. In addition, in order to be able to transmit mes-
sages, these nerve cells possess large numbers of extensions known as

axons and dendrites, which undertake responsibilities depending on
their lengths. For instance, while one axon transmitting a message from
the spinal column to the big toe is 1 meter (3.2 feet) long, an axon extend-
ing from the eye to the brain is only 5 centimeters (1.97 inches) in length.
Each one of the billions of axons and dendrites extend to the length
needed to reach the region where a message must be conveyed, and then
stops when it reaches a sufficient length. Had these extensions been ran-
dom and haphazard instead of controlled and conscious, then you could
never perceive your surroundings or react to them in an appropriate
manner.
For example, if the neural extension leading to your fingertip were
too short, then you would have no feeling in that fingertip, and might
not withdraw your finger from a hot stove in time to avoid a serious
burn.
Furthermore, each one of these 100 trillion connections is in exactly
the right location. If any one was in the wrong place, the consequences
might be very serious indeed; and it might not be possible for vital func-
tions to continue. Yet nothing of the sort actually happens. Except for the
case of rare diseases, trillions of miraculous processes take place in your
body, one after the other, and seem perfectly natural to you.
Darwinists, on the other hand, maintain that nerve cells and the
connections between them came into being by chance. According to
their claim, 100 billion of the 100 trillion cells in the body in some way
adopted the form and properties of nerve cells, and used 100 trillion con-