# Is there really information being conveyed within a cell?

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**Created:** [December 31, 2024, 4:02am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/is-there-really-information-being-conveyed-within-a-cell/16951 "2024-12-31T04:02:01Z")\
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> [@theaz101](#):
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> The premise is that a random string of bits (or nucleotides) won’t be functional and that it takes an intelligent mind (or devices produced by an intelligent mind) to produce such a functional string.

That premise is known to be wrong. We have directly observed random strings to have functions. In fact in one study, [approximately 10% of random DNA sequences](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-04026-w) can function as transcriptional promoters. Approximately 60% of random sequences could evolve into a functional promoter with just one mutation. Let that sink in.

Random sequences. Not designed, random.

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