Shedding Light On How Cells Communicate (Introduction)

by dhw, Saturday, November 24, 2012, 16:49 (4383 days ago) @ BBella

BBELLA: I believe trying to avoid anything "mystical" has hampered science but many scientists have begun to accept and step into the light of the mystics and explore with a more open mind.-Of course science by its nature can only deal with the material world, which is the very opposite of the mystical world. I think that in this respect, science is struggling, because in so many fundamental areas of life it comes up against apparently insoluble mysteries. Materialists like Dawkins can only hope it will find explanations to fit in with their own particular faith. Whether David's beloved quantum world will reveal the answers we really don't know, but at present it seems to me more mystic than scientific.-You explained how light contained information, and I asked how light could create and/or process it. Earlier I had written that I had the impression your "light" was David's "energy". I'm certainly the one who has been off base, as I think far more literally than scientifically. I've logged onto the various websites you and David have referred us to, and I think I now understand the concept of "light-energy", so it's not surprising you found my question difficult to understand! My apologies.-In your comment on David's post and my response (that your ATI is neutral) you write: "I would not say that my conscious awareness is all that I am" and that it is "but one part of the ATI" because you are/it is not aware of the activity of all the cells in your/its body. This is sort of in line with the analogy that I've been trying to draw, except that I'm questioning whether the ATI actually has self-awareness at all. Perhaps it is composed of nothing but unselfconscious yet functioning "cells" like ours.-You write: "Maybe my explanations and metaphors may just be too far out or not explanatory enough or just wrong." We all have the same problem, but I do feel that these discussions throw little shafts of light into our general darkness, and I for one learn a great deal from them - viz. light-energy!