James Shapiro: Natural genetic engineering (Introduction)

by David Turell , Friday, March 01, 2013, 23:00 (4263 days ago) @ David Turell

How much self-control cells have in response to changes:-http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-a-shapiro/what-natural-genetic-engi_b_2783419.html -If experiments show that cells can make distinct appropriate NGE responses to different adaptive challenges occurs, we need to figure out how they do so. This almost certainly would prove to be more than a strictly mechanical process. How do cells carry out their computations to make useful goal-oriented responses? A successful answer to that question will certainly involve cybernetics. If such investigations take evolution science into areas that are more than strictly material, so be it. As long as we stay within the realm of natural processes, there are no boundaries on what science can address.-Is he saying that consciousness might play a role? Consciousness exists and is a proper place for science to play, even if not material