Panpsychism (Evolution)

by David Turell , Sunday, December 16, 2012, 14:30 (4359 days ago) @ dhw

dhw:But hardly one that invalidates the suggestion that they ARE intelligent.-Parts of cells act as if intelligent, but in reality they are under tight feed-back-loop controls-> dhw:And if they are, they don't need central control ... they organize themselves, though maybe like ants and bees there are decision-makers and followers.-They need central control. Ants, etc. are whole independent organisms. That is a giant difference. Whole orfganisms are independent decision makers-> dhw: How does one distinguish between cellular and organismal, since organisms are composed of cells?-I would need to give you a course in basic biology, since you are conjuring up a fantasy. Cells are under tight controls.-> dhw: Your distinction simply means that panpsychism operates at the level of cell communities. That's OK with me.-And OK with me