Junk DNA

August 4, 2022
2 min read

The Infinite Monkey Theorem states that a monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time will almost surely type any given text, such as the complete works of William Shakespeare.

This is the same logic evolutionists use for mutations having the ability to write the alphabet of life: DNA. Given enough time and random mutations, DNA can eventually be rewritten over and over, until something beneficial occurs that evolves an animal to something different or potentially something greater.

Just like the Infinite Monkey Theorem, a by-product of random mutations over a long period of time is a lot of indiscernible junk that is made. That’s why when I was younger, I was taught in school about “Junk DNA,” where scientists at the time thought that our DNA was about 97 percent junk.1

Today, however, Junk DNA is no longer commonly taught. Why?

Well, in 2007 the international ENCODE project was published, which stands for Encyclopedia of DNA Elements, in which 440 scientists in 32 institutes performed over 1600 experiments and found that 80 percent of human DNA does something.2

What about the remaining 20 percent? Well, that may not be junk either. The project’s Lead Analysis Coordinator Ewan Birney says, “It’s likely that 80 percent will go to 100 percent.” He continues, “We don’t really have any large chunks of redundant DNA.  This metaphor of junk isn’t that useful.”3

The results of this project remain contentious to this day, mainly because evolution needs “Junk DNA” because we are, supposedly, not created with a purpose.

Once again, however, this is no surprise to those who know we have been created by God for a purpose.

This is the God of the Bible who makes no mistakes, or “junk.”

 

  1. Duve, Christian de. Vital Dust : Life as a Cosmic Imperative, Basic Books, 1995, Pg 222-223.
  2. Kolata, G. Bits of Mystery DNA, Far from ‘Junk’ Play Crucial Role, New York Times, 2012.
  3. Yong, Ed. ENCODE: the rough guide to the human genome, Discover Magazine, 5 September 2012, https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/encode-the-rough-guide-to-the-human-genome. Accessed 30 March 2022.

 

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