Be Careful! Don’t Think These Authors Are Practicing Intelligent Design

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The idea of finding an intelligent message encoded in the standard genetic code is certainly a fascinating possibility. Source
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The Set of Amino Acids Used in Life Is No “Frozen Accident”

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Significantly, these data indicate that the space of usable amino acids is severely constrained. Source
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