Another Bio-Language

March 7, 2010 by Dr. Mc.

Fascination with the language of DNA is getting a lot of press these days, especially with Stephen Meyer’s book pointing out the obvious implications of the Signature in the Cell. But there is at least one other bio-language, no less important to all animals, and it too, is seeing new light.
I was taught in high school biology that our bodies are commanded to move and that sight and other senses are possible because electrical impulses are fired from neurons (nerve cells) to various parts of our brain and throughout our bodies. As our knowledge of this realm grows exponentially, we now discover it is not just an impulse, but a neuronal code. One neuron can send different signals by means of impulse rates. The rates carry different meanings and thus result in different responses at the other end. Researcher terms such as “information,” “encoding” and “decoding” reveal that, like DNA, neurons are truly the medium of a language. In fact, we must develop a “dictionary” for the language! By learning this language scientists hope to someday provide paraplegics and quadriplegics with artificial limbs that they can command by thought, thought encoded into wires and decoded into metal and plastics. And like all languages that we must learn, it must have been designed.

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