Innovation and Speciation: pre-planning (Evolution)

by David Turell , Tuesday, May 27, 2014, 21:46 (3831 days ago) @ dhw


> dhw: There was no demonstrable need to force the production of any organisms beyond bacteria, so that argument goes out of the window.-No it doesn't. Complexity could have stopped at any point along the way, but it didn't-> dhw: But in my opinion our unique degree of consciousness is an argument well worth pursuing. With my atheist's hat on, I'd have no difficulty believing in the progression through different levels of consciousness once the initial mechanism for adaptation and innovation had started operating. With my theist's hat on, same again, except that God made the mechanism. ..... But maybe you are not looking for a snug fit.-The atheist way is by chance, and I cannot guess at the theist way. I don't think there is a snug fit. And the development of a nerve cell was a giant leap. A nerve cell is like no other cell. So you don't see purpose and I do.