Intelligence & Evolution (Evolution)

by David Turell , Sunday, November 24, 2013, 00:48 (3805 days ago) @ dhw


> dhw: I do not believe that Margulis, Shapiro, Albrecht-Buehler & Co would dispute what you say about the intricacies of the various production and integration processes, and I would not dream of doing so. I dispute your insistence that the cell is an automaton, and that every single step from eukaryotes to humans was either preprogrammed in the first living cells or the result of God's intervention. You have acknowledged that we are barely beginning to understand the mechanism that controls the behaviour of cells, and yet you state with the greatest authority that it is not intelligence. I have quoted several experts in the field who state that it IS intelligence. You have acknowledged that your theory concerning preprogramming and divine dabbling is entirely of your own making, and you cannot cite a single biochemist who supports it. I admire your courage in standing alone against the scientific world, but courage, faith and authoritative statements are not enough to win over an old sceptic like me.-You were born with the potential of great intelligence. you exhibit it now, but how did you get there? You had to absorb a great deal of information both from experience and from being taught. Intelligence requires information in order to work properly. You keep telling me that intelligent cells cells just function as is. Don't they have information to work with? As for support for my position, Michael Behe, Professor at Leigh U. of Black Box fame. I could list others. I haven't bothered because the request from you is off the point of the discussion. You keep avoiding the issue of the fact that intelligent cells operate on information they have implanted within them.