Evolution of multicellularity (Introduction)

by dhw, Sunday, October 28, 2012, 19:17 (4410 days ago) @ David Turell

dhw: If I were to say that a Universal Intelligence programmed cells to combine intelligently in adaptive and innovative ways, which eventually led to all the complex organs that make up life as we know it today, would you agree or disagree?
dhw: If I were to preface this remark by saying that cells are programmed by a Universal Intelligence to respond in various intelligent, inventive ways to environmental change, would you agree or disagree? What other answer can you offer to your own question?-DAVID: My answer is always the same. There is no way around concluding that information and intelligence are required for life to exist. The UI chose to arrange for life in its currect forms through an evolutionary process. But the inorganic reality of the universe also shows that the universe evolved and is still evolving into its current and future form. Perhaps evolution is a requirement of evolving creations, and there cannot be another way to do it.-I take it, then, that the answer to the above (repeated) question is that you agree.