RE: As much as I love Dawkins.......
March 8, 2015 at 3:25 pm
(This post was last modified: March 8, 2015 at 3:38 pm by Alex K.)
(March 8, 2015 at 3:11 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Our using language is used to communicate, but the words themselves are descriptions of ideas, and objects, because of our brains being in motion. No motion, no thoughts. Language is an outcome of a process, it is not a thing by itself.
What is the difference between a Gene and an English sentence in this respect, though?
Without a machine implementing the code for the transcription mechanism, and without the rest of the chromosome, a gene means nothing, as much as some letters in an unknown language on a piece of paper. In fact, it is equivalent to letters on a piece of paper.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
