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Chapter 15: Information: A Demonstration of Intelligence

Connect…

Have you ever played a game using dice? Dice have numbers printed on all six sides, each one
progressing from 1 to 6. When you throw the dice down, it will land on one of those numbers facing up.
Every time you throw the dice down, you have a 1 in 6 chance of rolling a certain number. It is all
random. When trying to roll a certain number, you have to rely on chance. Eventually, if you keep
rolling the dice, you will finally, by chance, obtain a certain number. You might get it the first time you
throw the dice, but it may take many throws to finally obtain a certain number. Today, we will look at
the complexity of the simplest amino acid, which is the foundation of proteins, which are the foundation
of all our tissues in our body. We will see what the probability of a small protein being formed by
chance (evolution), like rolling a dice…

Objectives…

1. The student should be able to explain the complexity of the DNA molecule to see how all the
information for life resides in this complex molecule.

2. The student should be able to describe the probability of a simple protein being randomly formed
from a pool of amino acids.

3. The student should be able to show that the probability of any living thing being formed by rote
chance alone is basically impossible.

The Lesson ...

Information: A Demonstration of Intelligence

An information system is needed to produce and regulate all of life’s functions for life to exist. Since any
life system is battling the Second Law (entropy), the system must be able to repair itself and accurately
copy itself for a new generation to exist. How cells do that is bound in the nucleus of the cell in a bundle
of information-rich chemicals called nucleotides. They form a building block in long chains, all linked
together by sugar molecules. Two polynucleotide chains coil around each other to form a double helix
carrying genetic instructions for development, functions, growth, and reproduction for all known living
organisms and many viruses. This information is bound in a molecule called DNA or deoxyribonucleic
acid.

Every information system requires a mind directing the process, and a means of passing information to
another system. The most basic ingredient of information is that it requires someone to create and

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