Cell Memories (Identity)

by David Turell , Monday, October 21, 2013, 19:34 (4050 days ago) @ dhw

dhw: They all describe extremely precise changes "inherited" by the patient from the donor. Please read the anecdotes again.
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> DAVID: I have reread them. I had forgotten the details. They reek of species consciousness, in which Sheldrake has startling proof, and in which I believe.
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> dhw: Not as I see them, although I think there may well be a vital connection between the two phenomena.-These individual stories do not make a theory. Why some folks are very psychic like my wife and some aren't can't be explained. But you are touting a major suggestion based ona afew stories. You need to quote a large study of transplant recipients to make your version stick.- 
> dhw; Of course, all biochemists will describe automatic biochemical reactions, since all living organisms (including ourselves) depend on automatic biochemical reactions. But there may be more to cells than automatic biochemical reactions, which may be why Shapiro describes all cells as sentient beings, and talks of the possibility that intelligent cellular action has a role to play in evolution. I'm not surprised that he doesn't talk of divine preprogramming of every single innovation from eukaryotes to humans. Do you know of any biochemists who do?-Larry Moran certainly won't refer to the divine. Please remember that sentient means receiving signals and sensations and reacting to them. Thought capacity is in an other category of meaning.