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Adnan Oktar (Harun Yahya) 51

sage here, but on the contrary, a mechanism of conscious selection. No
doubt that it is impossible for insentient collections of molecules to un-
dertake such responsibilities of their own accord. All this points to a fact
that evolutionists deny: i intelligent creation.
There is a perfect equilibrium established by the positively electri-
cally charged atoms—in other words ions—inside the neuron, or nerve
cell. The ions that assume important responsibilities in neurons are
potassium and sodium, each with one positive charge, calcium with two
positive charges, and chloride ions with one negative charge. At rest, the
neuron is negatively charged, with negatively charged proteins and var-
ious ions present inside the nerve cell. There are more potassium ions in-
side the neuron than there are outside it, and fewer chloride and sodium
ions. The equilibrium of the ions inside the cell has been arranged in
such a way as to serve the specific purpose of transmitting electrical cur-
rent and signals.
The message that arrives as an electrical signal, and is deposited at
the receptors in the membrane of the receiving cell, initiates a series of
processes inside the cell that is highly reminiscent of a row of dominoes.
These processes, take place one after the other in a flawless order, lead-
ing to the opening of specific channels in
the cell membrane. Thus the sodium
ions taken into the cell, with its

Your brain uses over 100 billion
nerve cells covering a 250,000
2
mm area of your body in a way
that is similar to computers
that are constantly connected
via the Internet. However, when
compared to the brain, even a
system like the Internet is in-
credibly simple. Because every
single one of over 100 billion
nerve cells makes about
100,000 connections. Every
second, trillions of electrical
signals travel between neurons
at a speed of 400 km per hour
in a labyrinthine-like system.