sac51495 writes:And I also consider the statement you just made to contain no information...following your logic that is.
That's obviously false. If you had considered it to contain no information, then you would not have responded.
sac51495 writes:Information in language is formed by the correct sequencing of letters...
That's a bit simplistic. For example, it ignores the role of semantics.
sac51495 writes:If I write "het sargs si rnege", I have written no information, ...
It takes a bit more effort, but I could read that without any difficulty. If you had also scrambled the word order, that might have made it more difficult.
sac51495 writes:Information in DNA is formed by the correct sequencing of nucleotide bases, which are sequenced
just in the correct way that sections of the DNA can be copied in order to form various proteins.
Information in a gearbox is encoded in the correct sequencing of the cogs on a gear wheel, which are sequenced to that they mesh with the cogs on the next wheel in
just the right way. You can see how well the paraphrase works. And if you don't actually think those cogs as part of an information sequence, then perhaps you can see why your parallel argument carries no persuasive force.
sac51495 writes:All of the instructions for the makeup of your body - eye color, nose length, skin color, etc. - are contained in a single strand of DNA, in each of your cells. How is this not information?
The statement is factually incorrect. The DNA is used to generate proteins, and the makeup of the body is not entirely protein.
We use the word "information" in many different ways. Yes, DNA can be considered information in one particular way of using the term. The structure of a snow crystal can be considered information in another use.
The term "information", as it applies to human language, is very different from "information" as applied to DNA. In most ordinary use of "information", we are using it in the sense in which it applies to language. ID proponents like to conflate those different meanings of "information", but it is a mistake to do so.