Panpsychism (Evolution)

by David Turell , Tuesday, December 18, 2012, 00:17 (4357 days ago) @ dhw


> dhw: I should add that by cell communities I don't necessarily mean the organism as a whole. Every organ is also a cell community with a defined role to play, although of course any innovation must be integrated within the whole organism. But the invention of a leg, an eye, a nose, a penis still has to take place at the level of an existing cellular community. Your agreement makes me all the more surprised that you dismiss the idea as biological fantasy.-What you are skipping is the fact that each organism, either single-celled or multicelled is under tight controls by the genome. My liver cells do not make their own decisions outside of that control framework.