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the fact of creation, and all the evidence, is plain for all to see. Anyone
who makes such claims must have an atrophied conscience, have lost the
use of logic and reason, and be preconditioned not to accept the facts.
It is revealed in the Qur’an that the faithful addressed people with

that same mindset in these terms:
. . . Do you then disbelieve in Him Who created you from dust, then
from a drop of sperm, and then formed you as a man? He is, however,
God, my Lord, and I will not associate anyone with my Lord. (Surat al-
Kahf: 37-38)

The Olfactory Alphabet
In the 1990s, researchers established that there are around
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1,000 different olfactory receptors in our noses. This aston-
ished scientists, because the variety of receptors in the scent-
perception system was many times greater than that in the
visual, hearing and taste systems. Moreover, another ques-
tion was added to the already long list of those to which the
answers were unknown: How can we detect more than 10,000
different scents with only 1,000 different receptors?
In 1999, American and Japanese scientists researching
this question obtained significant findings about the olfactory
system’s functioning. According to the results of that re-
search, a scent receptor is able to establish bonds with var-
ious scent molecules, which sends a number of scent re-
ceptors into action. 37 Continued studies revealed the
presence of a very special mechanism in the olfactory
system. In the words of Linda B. Buck, one of the re-
searchers in question, this mechanism was a special “al-
phabet.” 38

Harun Yahya
(Adnan Oktar)