If you had a four-letter alphabet and all words were three letters, then how many words would there be? The answer is 4 times 4 times 4, or 4-cubed, or 4^3, or 64. That’s how the DNA code works. Our DNA has four molecular “letters” and to create a protein the letters are taken three at a time in words called “codons.” Each codon specifies an amino acid and these 64 different codons are mapped to 20 different amino acids (and a “stop” signal). Since the 64 different codons far exceeds the 20 different amino acids and the stop signal, the code is degenerate. In other words, there are multiple codons that map the same amino acid (just as “absurd” Read More ›

As evolutionists will tell you, it may seem like all the evidence is against evolution, but when you put them all together, and keep on repeating to yourself that evolution is true, then it makes sense. Well here’s one incredible example of just that. As insiders know, there were some, little known, bizarre aspects of the seemingly normal television show Little House on the Prairie. For instance there was the incredible increase in intelligence of the cast. This became particularly obvious by the final season when Michael Landon was teaching the little girls quantum mechanics on an Etch-a Sketch.  Read more

The Engineering and Metaphysics conference is fast approaching, and abstracts are due this weekend! If you plan on submitting an abstract, but need more time, send an email to submissions@eandm2012.com . We’ve already got several presentations approved, and we have several fantastic ones in the pipeline, including subjects such as constructal theory, theological implications of engineering, engineering approaches to pain and suffering, and others. The conference is in Oklahoma, and we have presenters coming in from across the nation – from as far east as Washington, D.C. and as far West as California. This will be a great conference – I hope you can come! A few of the presenters are even authors on UD. Anyway, whether you are interested Read More ›