A new synthesis: Four dimensions of Evolution (Evolution)

by David Turell , Wednesday, December 09, 2015, 01:09 (3271 days ago) @ dhw

dhw: In the simplest of terms: did life/intelligence originate by chance or by design? This question, however, is irrelevant to the actual process of evolution.-No, no, no! If life was designed then per force, design rules evolution. You want design to start the process and then stop?-> dhw: It's not clear to me how symbolic fits in with evolution, but the passing on of information is clearly essential to all forms of life. We have had long discussions on the subject of information, and again to update you, we have concluded that it is absolutely necessary to distinguish between information itself and the intelligence that uses it. -Remember DNA is a symbolic code. From an ID review of Jablonka's book:-"Jablonka also argues that semantic information can only exist with living or designed systems. “Only a living system can make a source into an informational input.” On page 588 Jablonka emphasizes the function of bioinformation. Thus the joint authors of this paper are not alone in our emphasis on the formal nature of life's many control mechanisms."