Code as an Analogy of DNA?

[Timothy_Horton]

@Mark

@Timothy_Horton,

Could you reproduce your 2nd definiton? I’m not sure what you’re referring to.

From my post above.

@Timothy_Horton

Yep. “Code” also can mean any process in which the outputs are mapped to the inputs. That is the only definition of “code” applicable to DNA. Equivocation over the definition of “code” has been a mainstay argument for ID-Creationists for decades.

Lots of natural processes encode information. Tree rings encode information about local environmental conditions the year they grew. Starlight encodes information about the chemical composition of the star. DNA encodes information about the local environment a species lives in. All natural “code” processes with no abstraction anywhere.