Implications of Information Theory in Biological Systems

The chapter explores how information theory applies to biological systems, focusing on DNA structure, genetic code, and the role of information in protein construction. It compares cellular information processing to Computer Assisted Design, discusses Claude Shannon's information theory, and debates the involvement of intelligence in generating functional sequences. The conversation also touches on evolutionary challenges, the inadequacy of random mutation, the concept of intelligent design, the origin of life problem, and the RNA world theory.