I learned about DNA nucleotides and the genetic code embedded in the sequence of the four types of nucleotides waaay back in Catholic high school. Because belief in God was pre-supposed there, the connection between a code and a Designer was implicit. As a future bio major, now long ago completed, I never accepted that this was the result of a random process. It takes an inordinately larger to leap of faith to accept that fiction than it does to believe in God. Occam's Razor almost demands acceptance of the existence of a Designer in this entire process. So many of us can't see that, perhaps because we don't want to.

Some of us DID learn this by paying attention in school while others were too busy mocking us for being nerds.

My grandfather was a biochemist and the smartest man I personally knew. At his funeral after one my uncles told the preacher adamantly my grandfather was not religious, my grandfather's cousin walked up. He then told us how he remembered my grandfather progressing through college and through his doctorate. At one point when back home, he said my grandfather told him the more he learned through the sciences, he realized how truly amazing and spectacular God really is...

I learned that about DNA in high school. What is amazing to me is how bad the schools have become.

“What shocks me the most is how this existed for thousands of years before it was discovered” yeah that’s how discoveries work they existed before we discovered them

I met Francis Crick. when I was a new grad. I got his autograph on my in my textbook, the same pic the video shows. It's a good memory.

Your school may not have taught this, but mine did. I remember one of the best teachers we had saying "We have to teach you the basics that will allow you to grow as a person. So let's talk about one of the most basic things that enables life" His lesson was for 90 minutes. Felt like 5. Thank you Mr Goodwin.

You did learn this in school. You just weren't paying attention.

The mainstream’s evolution theory is like saying Microsoft and all its software started with a big bang and then it self evolved as needed for the users. Life is brought to us by intelligent design.

Who didn’t learn DNA is encoded in school?

It's always those who flunked school who stumble onto half an idea later and think they found something all the scientists missed.

I have never doubted a Creator. The complexities of nature and humans are amazing ❤

The more I learn about science the more I believe in the intelligence of the creator

We did. You weren’t paying attention.

Literally learned this in a public high school in biology

Even Watson and Quick admitted that DNA is not a random coincidence. Only a creator can mastermind this

They definitely taught this is high schools in Tanzania. In depth, too.

I learned this in public high school science class in Australia. We did a week or so on genetics. The letters we assign to the 'code' are A, T, G & C.

Another argument for proof of intelligent design. The designer is God.

Gotta love how he slipped in a bit of nonsense with his last comment 😂

All programmers worldwide understand that codes are not the result of chance.

I learned this in school, nucleotides are grouped into 3 nucleotide chunks called codons that are read and copied by molecules called DNA polymerases, it’s plural because there are few different ones that work together to read and copy DNA. That process is called transcription. The dna is copied into a single stranded RNA called specifically an mRNA or messenger RNA. That mRNA is moved outside the nucleus and read by ribosomes where it reads the mRNA by its codons (there are 64 possible codons) until it reaches one of 3 codons that terminate the sequence also known as stop codons. For each codon read an amino acid is bonded to a chain and the chain is complete when a stop codon is read. The chain of amino acids (also known as a polypeptide chain) is very literally a protein your body will use for one of an infinite number of uses. The 61 non-stop codons are translated into one of 20 amino acids. Making for a nearly infinite number of possible sequences. This process is called translation. If you’ve stuck around this long you’re probably interested in the topic, so I’ll give you some brain teasers that have scientists scratching their heads TODAY. 1.) the body doesn’t make proteins it doesn’t need or can’t use, dna mutations (unlike in x-men) are extremely common and happen constantly in your own body. This process causes aging. Changes to the code sound like they should make drastic changes to your entire body right? They don’t, they can, but 99.999% of mutations are ignored because the body doesn’t read mRNA as a straight code, before it is read by a ribosome it is edited to be an exact code for a protein the body needs. It’s another long science explanation that I’m not getting into but, no book or biologist can tell you how the body knows which codons need to be in what sequence to make the exact protein the body needs. It’s not a blind editing, it is done precisely, we don’t know precisely why though. 2.) the DNA polymerases that are the key, gas pedal, and engine of the transcription process I talked about? You remember them? They unzip, stabilize, read, and code DNA into mRNA. This process lets us make specialized proteins for structure and enzymes that allow us to live functional lives. No enzymes, no biological catalysts to make energy consumption efficient enough for advanced life to exist. All enzymes and proteins in your body are coded from your DNA. The crazy question that baffles scientists and makes believers out of atheists? All of the DNA polymerases are enzymes, hence the suffix -ase, your DNA codes the thing that makes it possible for your DNA to be coded and read. Your ribosomes? Also coded from DNA. The leading theory on how DNA and RNA was first created was by random chemical interactions in ancient brine pools with harsh conditions and boom randomly existing genetic coding that does nothing on its own except exist. Which came first, the DNA/RNA or the only thing that reads and codes DNA/RNA but is created from the DNA/RNA. You see? It’s the chicken vs the egg but for all life as we know it. One cannot explain its existence without the other already being there unless you really stretch all known biology to fit wild theories nobody will ever be able to prove. I gave up trying to find an answer, came to the conclusion that we were designed this way or at bare minimum DNA/RNA and the polymerases came with the design plan. I can’t say if it’s God or some alien warlord named xenon the inflatable scrotum. But I can’t look at a schematic for a washing machine without knowing some guy named Jeff designed it. At least Jeff was nice enough to sign the blueprints for trademark purposes. Then again maybe whatever designed us left its signature in the genome we haven’t fully deciphered.

The ancients already knew this. Modern education, oligarchs, politicians, social engineers, education, don't want people to know this kind of stuff.

Francis Crick was one of the GREATEST minds of the modern era.

Person who didn't pay attention in school: why didn't i learn this

I went to a public high school in a rough neighborhood, and they did mention this code in DNA. (adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G) and thymine (T) ). Now they didn’t go too much in detail, but what I’m trying to say is that if they went over this in my high school, they probably went over it in many other high schools, since consider my high school one of the poorest.

I learned this on 1997 in biology! We even learned how to find the defect in the code. I can't remember anymore the order/pattern, but it definitely held my attention.

The sad part is that this seems like relatively recently discovered information. However, there are entire documentaries on these facts that are now decades old.

You didnt learn it in school because you werent paying attention apparently

The internet is full of idiots....

This is pretty basic biology you learn in school

“We always come to a mind, not a material process..” that’s actually an incredible statement

I don't know why people expect randomness at the center of an impossibly complex chemical reaction. Stuff builds out and emergence is a wild phenomenon.

DNA isn't a code. Code is what we use to explain it to each other. Have you ever heard the saying, "confusing the map for the place"?

Science teacher here: We do learn this in school lol

I learned this in high school...in 1962. Why didn't you learn it? I came home from school one day, and a naval intelligence person asked me to pronounce RNA (in the long way). Which I did fluently. He was angry saying "They are not supposed to teach evolution in public schools." He threatened to cancel federal funding for our biology textbooks. Which they did.

You forgot about the part of the hypothesis that states that the "Code" of our genetics were in fact fashioned by an advanced civilization and sent to earth. The hypothesis is also called cosmic panspermia.

These four letters are: Adenine (A) Cytosine (C) Guanine (G) Thymine (T)

We learnt about this in Biology when we were 16. Just because you're an adult now and didn't pay attention it doesn't mean they didn't teach it.

If you're too busy listening to preachers instead of teachers then it's no surprise you think this isn't taught in schools.

We did. We definitely learned about this in school. Some of us were a bit distracted with hormones raging but this basic info was taught.

Teacher: “DNA, aka: genetic code..” Guy 20 years later: “why were we never taught DNA was a code?”

"Why did we not learn this in school?" Dude, I learned this in elementary school biology class, then again in high school biology class, and again in university in biomedical engineering course.

There's a book called In The Beginning Was Information, by Werner Gitt. It is amazing how these things are. As a medic, I am convinced that people who want to believe evolution do so because they want to. Not because it is reasonable, but because it is unreasonable

"Thousands of years..." LOL

I’ve heard that if genes, or DNA or chromosomes or something are assigned a musical value & then they’re played, all strands will reveal actual music and not just a bunch of random sounds, that’s incredible.

Everyone saying :"We did learn this in school" : He's talking about the end where he says the only conclusion is there is a mind behind the design. You most certainly were NOT taught that, you were taught it's the result of random mutation in a meaningless universe.

Man doesn't reject God with his head, he rejects him with his heart.

Well you must’ve missed that whole year of biology class

They taught us this, they just didnt try to influence any of our beliefs with it.

Just a reminder that Nobel prize genius Crick was under the influence of LSD when he made this incredible discovery.

This was part of the California Education Curriculum when I went to school in the 60s and 70s.

So apparently GW Bush's no child left behind act really ruined the US school system. I learned about this as a kid in school.

I actually learned this in a liberal college 😮 but I wasn’t taught it on purpose. God intervened that quarter. I was turning atheist (remember I said liberal college) and questioning everything. One quarter my advisor put me in a human anatomy class and a Philosophy class. I’d go to anatomy and my mind would be blown, I was coming to my own conclusion that there is no way the human body evolved to it’s perfection by accident or even come to existence by accident. Then learning the genome project. 🤯🤯🤯Then go to my philosophy class where turns out the professor was a devout catholic and taught his class as a theology class. It was such an amazing experience seeing how God worked hard on me that year. Thank you Lord for not forgetting about me and forgiving me. ❤️✝️🙏🏽❤️✝️🙏🏽

It was taught in school. And still is. It's just that kids don't give a shit and don't listen. We were the same when we were kids too.

So we’re clear. The existence of a designer is proven. The existence of God is not.

1. They do teach this in high school. 2. This has existed for billions of years, not merely thousands.

Hey genius, DNA existed for billions of years before humans discovered it.

♦"Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool." ♦"Only fools revere the supernatural myths just bc a book claims itself to be the holy truth." ♦"The delusional religious fools are cocksure and the intelligent full of doubt." ♦"The religious believe by the millions what only lunatics could believe on their own." ♦"It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." ♦"It's difficult to free fools from the chains they revere."

“Why didnt we learn this in school….” Because we were not paying attention

God is great! Give him the glory!

Hmm ok. But why do bananas and humans share 50% DNA? Cats 90%, dogs 80%, elephants 65%, chimps 98.5%? If we were “engineered” this wouldn’t be the case. If we evolved over time from common ancestors, this would be the case. ( which it is)

This guy's knowledge is below the charts.

They did teach you that in school, and it’s not quite so mysterious as you might think. The “code” represents sequences of amino acids that create proteins, and the shapes of the amino acids are what determine the shape (and therefore function) of the protein. And they don’t need to be optimal. They just need to be good enough to get their job done

Not sure which school you went to, but CGAT nucleotides is definitely something we learned in school.

It’s interesting how people act like school curriculum don’t change over time, just cuz you learned something back in the day don’t mean it’s still being taught today.

If there was a designer I wouldn't pay him for that job.

That last sentence is key "whenever we find information, and we trace it back to its ultimate source, we always come to a mind, not to a material process". God is obviously the mind behind DNA. He is The Programmer. The Creator. Amazing. Just unreal.

Stuff existed before it was discovered by people. Incredible. What else blows your mind? Toast used to be bread?

Crick was also so blown away by this discovery that he figured this could not have been made by random chance, chemistry, and millions of years. So he decided that it must have been made by aliens. Yep. Crick was one of the original Ancient Aliens guys.

You don't learn it in school because it is several levels above what you need at that time

In electronics, there are two ways to store and present information, analog and digital. Analog means the information is stored and presented in a form where the amplitude or frequency of the voltage defines the content of the information. Vinyl records and tape recorders use analog methods of storing data. Digital means it is not the size or color that defines a piece of information, but rather, the shape. For example, the letter A could be any color and any size, but would always be an A. It depends where the letter A is located in a word and sentence that gives it meaning. Thus, words and sentences are also digital in nature because it's the character itself that makes up the information, not the size or color of the character. The DNA code is just like that.

You didn't learn about this in school because you didn't freaking listen, Brandon!

The fact that the OP learned this from Stephen Meyer, a creationist pseudo-scientist, says a lot about his education level. In Greece, we learned this in 10th grade biology.

I may not have learned that specific thing in school, but I did learn it; by teaching myself. By reading, and watching educational videos, and using logic to put two and two together.

Love how the people who did not pay attention in school are now mad about what they did not learn.

You weren’t listening that day. We most certainly learned that in school.

Computer code doesn't just appear out of thin air, why is it so hard to believe DNA code was created and therefore has a Creator

A philosopher tells real scientists what DNA represents. If I want a tutorial on DNA, I'll ask a geneticist or a molecular biologist.

"Thousands of years" It's been a lot longer than that bro 😂

Not thousands of years. BILLIONS of years.

As a retired biology teacher, I always taught students that the computer code comparison is just an analogy.

“Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.” - ‭‭Luke‬ ‭12‬:‭7‬‬

School isn't about learning. Learning is the cover for school's true purpose

“thousands of years” 😅😂

You know exactly why we didn’t learn this in school. Because it teaches you nothing about being a good employee.

As fascinated as i was with all this stuff. I could never figure it out. Learning disabilities and what not I fell behind but i appreciate people like you that explain this shit

The actual work was done by Rosalind Franklin. Watson and Crick stole the data and published the results without giving her credit.

We learned this in Biochemistry in med school 55 years ago but in a public school, the professor did not lead us back to the Grand Design. It did occur later intuitively as we learned more about the intricacies of our body processes in Biochem, Physiology, Pharmacology and Pathology.

Why didn't we learn this in school? Reminds me of that scene from Liar Liar: "Objection, you're honor!" "On what grounds? "Because it's devasting to my case!" "Overruled!" "Good call!"

And this is exactly what I use as a first step in explaining why I’m convinced that Life didn’t exist by “accident” or “chance”

I got flamed to hell for saying DNA functions as a type of quantum computer code. The more I learn about it, the more I'm convinced. It takes molecular machines to make and copy DNA, and the instructions and processes for creating those machines is encoded into the DNA itself. The odds that a single DNA molecule randomly assembled into a functional, reproductive life form is roughly equal to a book about making books randomly assembling itself on a planet that has no paper or ink.

_Why did we not learn this in school about DNA?_ Brother, they been teaching this about Watson and Crick and DNA helix structure and the ATGC sequence in high schools since the ‘80s. 😂

For a thousand of time: correlation is not causation. That's need to be proven not guessed.

This is basic biology taught in school for decades.

We do learn this in school about DNA, high school, college, this is bio 101

I was taught this in A LEVEL biology

we learned a basic version of this.

I think that anyone who has studied little genetics with biology, knows it.

Um… isn’t this basic biology/biochemistry on like a high school level? I thought pretty much everyone knew this. However, this does not “prove” the existence of a “creator”. Edit: I could not take this guy seriously after what he said at the end omg 😭