Cell complexity: speed of reactions (Introduction)

by David Turell , Sunday, October 11, 2015, 14:56 (3332 days ago) @ dhw

dhw: Buehler thinks the cellular equivalent of the brain is the centrosphere:
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> Guenther Buehler and Cell intelligence - Home :...
> www.basic.northwestern.edu/g-buehler/FRAME.HTM
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> QUOTE Centrosphere: Centrioles and radial array of microtubules. From the point of view of the ‘intelligent cell' the centrosphere is the ‘brain' of the cell. Analogous to our own bodies, it projects the ‘eyes' in the form of a pair of centrioles. Likewise, its ‘nerves' correspond to the radial array of microtubules connecting the centrospheres unbranchingly with the cellular ‘musculature' contained in the cortex. (Introduction: Anatomy of the intelligent cell)-Snipped out what you like in a quote mine. Not a full view of what Buehler admits:-"Yet, the vast majority of today's biologists devote their efforts to prove the opposite, namely that specific molecular interactions create the cellular functions such as cell division, directed locomotion, differentiation, design of the extracellular matrix, adhesion to materials and other cells and so forth." -Note 'vast majority'. He is the outlier in thought, and you wish to lay with him.
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> dhw: Of course you will reject this, as you reject the findings of all other proponents of cellular intelligence, but since there is apparently a 50/50 chance that they are right, there must also be a chance that after 30-plus years of research he might be onto something. "None exists" seems a bit strong when it's 50/50.-Note this statement of his:-"As summarized in this web site, it presents novel assays demonstrating that cells coordinate their bodies during movement and respond to physical and topological parameters which are too weak to have caused the observed reaction by force. These responses are then analyzed and used to identify the nature and location of a cellular data-integration system that may be responsible for these actions."-Of course there is a 'data integration system'. All built-in or the cells wouldn't survive. Look at the illustrated videos of cellular components in action. All from intelligent information in the genome. -Note: He is retired honorably, and not quoted widely in all of the material I have surveyed over 30 years of reading about this. And I've read the stuff I've given you to quote against me.