In 2013, the results of a study were published, the authors of which tried to apply the method of searching for a signal from an extraterrestrial intelligent source (the SETI project) not to the vast expanses of the Universe … but to the genetic code of terrestrial organisms. Scientists have discovered in the genetic code a number of purely mathematical and ideographic linguistic constructions that cannot be attributed to chance. This can only be interpreted as a reasonable signal.
“… We show that the terrestrial code exhibits highly precise ordering that meets the criteria for an information signal. Simple code structures reveal a coherent whole of arithmetic and ideographic constructions of the same symbolic language. Accurate and systematic, these hidden constructs are presented as products of precise logic and non-trivial computations, rather than the result of stochastic processes (the null hypothesis that this is the result of chance, together with supposed evolutionary mechanisms, is rejected with a value of <10-13). The constructs are so precise that the code mapping is uniquely inferred from its algebraic representation. The signal exhibits easily recognizable seals of artificiality, including the zero character, preferred decimal syntax, and semantic symmetries. Besides,signal extraction includes logically straightforward, but at the same time abstract operations, which makes these constructions fundamentally irreducible to natural origin. …"
Vladimir Shcherbaka, Maxim Makukov, "The Wow! Signal of the terrestrial genetic code"
Thus, the genetic code is not only a code used to record information necessary for the construction and functioning of living organisms, but also a kind of “signature”, the probability of which random origin is less than 10-13. This is practically no alternative indicates a reasonable source of the creation of the genetic code.
