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“Blinded by the light. Revved up like a deuce, you know a runner in the night.” I remember listening to Manfred Mann’s Earth Band sing that song way back in the 1970’s. And I didn’t learn, till later, it was written by Bruce Springsteen (I’m not one of his fans). But it’s one of those songs that partly sticks in your brain because of the catchy phrase…Blinded by the light.
And the, in the 80’s, along came another song like that. “She blinded me with science.” I still quote parts of that song anytime Elgielene cleans up and moves things around. “She’s tidied up a bit, and I can’t find anything,” the lyrics added.
OK, so let’s get a little scientific.
Imagine a single cell in your own body. It’s about 1/100 of a millimeter in diameter. Keep in mind, a typical dust particle is about 1/10 of a millimeter in diameter. And now imagine that one, tiny cell contains 25,000 genes and somewhere around 50,000 proteins.
Wow, talk about feelin’ your Cheerios (oops, that reference might be too old for you).
Anyway…
Now, think about how YOU were once no more than that single, tiny cell. And that single cell eventually turned into 20-30 trillion other cells. And those cells formed all your working parts. Plus, every one of those cells have complex little “engines” working round the clock.
I’m just gettin’ started. The complexity gets to me.
And I wish it would get to everybody. But unfortunately, too many people bask in the evolutionary sun lamp and totally reject the Son who made the sun…which is way better than a sun lamp.
For example, consider this.
Researchers studied “the transcripts (copies of RNA produced from the DNA) of just 1% of the human genome. And they discovered…
- About 93% of the genome is transcribed (not 3%, as expected). Further study with more wide-ranging methods may raise this figure to 100%. Because much energy and coordination is required for transcription this means that probably the whole genome is used by the cell and there is no such thing as “˜junk DNA’.
- Exons are not gene-specific but are modules that can be joined to many different RNA transcripts. One exon (i.e. one part of one gene) can be used in combination with up to 33 different genes located on 14 different chromosomes. This means that one exon can specify one part shared in common by many different proteins.
- There is no “˜beads on a string’ linear arrangement of genes, but rather an interleaved structure of overlapping segments, with typically 5, 7, 9 or more transcripts coming from the one “˜gene’.
- Not just one strand, but both strands (sense and anti-sense) of the DNA are fully transcribed.
- Transcription proceeds not just one way but both backwards and forwards.
- Transcription factors can be tens or hundreds of thousands of base-pairs away from the gene that they control, even on different chromosomes.
- There is not just one START site, but many, in each particular gene region.
- There is not just one transcription triggering (switching) system for each region, but many.”
And you can sum all that up in 3 words (which are actually 2 words with one repeated once)…
Complexity begets complexity.
And the only way you can look at the tiniest cell, see all that complexity, and still say it all came from nothing is because you choose to be blinded by the light.
You can disagree with me all you want. Millions do. But it’s your eternity at risk. You good with that?
In awe of all creation and how it all could be
The fairy tale illusions increase with every year.
The wrinkled plans expand…exponentially
Until one day, perhaps, a duck becomes a deer. (yeah, right)
Stay tuned,
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