More Denton: Reply to David (Introduction)

by David Turell , Sunday, August 16, 2015, 19:04 (3387 days ago) @ dhw


> DAVID: Or the onboard intelligent information given to them by God. 
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> dhw: In that case God must have preprogrammed bacteria to cope automatically with virtually every environmental change you can think of, even though he didn't plan the changes. ... Wouldn't it have been simpler just to give them the intelligence to work it out for themselves?-Bacteria live in all extreme environments because their adaptability allows than to do so. On this we both agree. I still think onboard information can handle all of it.-> 
> dhw: Once more: I am suggesting that all intricate and complex “behaviours” originated through the intelligence of cell communities, and when the behaviours, designs, strategies, lifestyles, and innovations of all kinds proved successful, they were passed on and became automatic. I do not believe that every generation of weaverbird redesigns the nest. However, these cell communities retain the ability to think for themselves when new problems arise. Ants are a wonderful illustration of this, because they work out new strategies when faced with new enemies.-Yes, so you have told us. And I admit it is a possible theory, just not mine.