Biological Information – the Signature of Life
There is a growing awareness that information is the unique non-material force which makes life possible. This growing awareness comes as we are discovery the labyrinth of informational networks in even the simplest cells. This cellular network is similar to today's Internet.There is rapidly growing evidence that the principles of information run parallel to the laws of thermodynamics. The first law of thermodynamics essentially says that matter and energy cannot just arise from nothing. This is also true of information - it does not arise spontaneously from matter, it only arise through the operation of intelligence. The second law of thermodynamics essentially says that useful things always degenerate into useless things, apart from intelligent intervention. This is also true of information - apart from intelligent intervention, information always degenerates. All this strongly indicates that the biological information networks within cells and organisms must have been intelligently designed, but should now be decaying. This growing new consensus provides astounding affirmation of the Biblical view of reality - that is a recent and miraculous creation, a fallen and dying world, and a profound need for a Saviour.
Presented by Dr John Sanford
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Dr John Sanford, Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin)
Biography
Dr John Sanford, A Cornell University Professor for more than 25 years, John has
been semi-retired since 1998. His Ph.D. was in plant breeding and plant genetics.
While a professor at Cornell, John has trained graduate students and conducted genetic
research at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, NY. During
this time, John bred new crop varieties using conventional breeding and then became
heavily involved in the newly-emerging field of plant genetic engineering. John
has published over 80 scientific publications and has been granted over 30 patents.
His most significant scientific contributions involve three inventions, the biolistic
(“gene gun”) process, pathogen-derived resistance, and genetic immunization.
A large fraction of the transgenic crops (in terms of numbers and acreage) grown
in the world today were genetically engineered using the gene gun technology developed
by John and his collaborators. John also started two biotech enterprises derived
from his research, Biolistics, Inc., and Sanford Scientific, Inc. John still holds
a position at Cornell (Courtesy Associate Professor), but has largely retired from
Cornell and has started a small non-profit organization, Feed My Sheep Foundation.A scientific convert to six-day creation, his groundbreaking new book Genetic Entropy and the Mystery of the Genome demonstrates why human DNA is inexorably deteriorating at an alarming rate, thus cannot be millions of years old.
Interviews
- Plant geneticist: ‘Darwinian evolution is impossible’
Creation magazine interview with Dr Sanford
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