Cambrian Explosion: afterthought (Introduction)

by David Turell @, Wednesday, October 02, 2013, 02:10 (4071 days ago) @ dhw


> dhw: I know where we differ: I am suggesting that cells are intelligent, and you are insisting that they are not intelligent, because they are automata preprogrammed by your God. I have explained what I mean by "intelligent": namely, with the ability to gather, process and exchange information, communicate and cooperate with other organisms, take decisions, solve problems. That is my definition of intelligence, which does not require self-awareness, which may be applied to animals including ourselves, and which some scientists also apply to other organisms, including insects and cells/cell communities. Firstly, do you or do you not agree that cells/cell communities have these abilities? Secondly, please give me your own definition of intelligence.-Your first point is fine if you take it at an action/reaction biochemical process of exchanging information. Automata . My definition of intelligence is not just the use of information but being able to analyze concepts presented by that information, formuate new theories from those concepts. In other words what we humans do with our brains and our consciousness. Cells don't do this.


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