Shedding Light On How Cells Communicate (Introduction)

by David Turell , Tuesday, November 06, 2012, 19:52 (4401 days ago) @ dhw

dhw: If we believe that the individual intelligent cells that make up the body ... and have invented every innovation in the history of evolution ... are not conscious of themselves, the atheist analogy might be that the universe and life have arisen out of the actions of intelligent but non-self-conscious energy (= what George calls the laws of Nature). In other words, David's beloved First Cause would then be intelligent but non-self-conscious energy, which gives us design without a designer! -Please don't assume you can change my Firt Cause! It is self-conscious, and conveys information in a teleological way. You have agreed that chance can't create ALL THAT IS. A non-self-conscious First Cause is a rogue mass of energy on the loose. There has to be a sense of organizaiton at the start or the future developments are setting off with total disorganization. The evolution of the universe clearly follows a pattern, one that allows us to exist.
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> dhw: This argument clearly hinges on distinctions between intelligence and consciousness, and on different levels of consciousness-All consciousness has some degree of intelligence. Animals have some, we have an enormous amount. Even plants show some consciousness and signal of danger with chemical gas. Is this intelligence to a tiny degree, or instinct? How much instinct is really a very small intelligence? Isn't the entire universe somewhat conscious because of quantum entanglement?