Animal Minds; bacterial cooperation (Animals)

by dhw, Friday, December 11, 2015, 20:25 (3268 days ago) @ David Turell

DAVID: Groups of bacteria can share in different responsibilities and exclude the cheaters!-http:/h/www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151208133443.htm-David's comment: This study shows a mechanism but not how it works through biochemical signals. It raises the same issue, intelligence vs. automatism through intelligently placed information instructions.-Thank you another interesting insight into bacterial society. I would suggest that the biochemical signals would denote the means of communication, not how the message is compiled. “Intelligently placed informational instructions” is a fine sounding phrase. I presume it means that your God preprogrammed bacteria for every single situation in which they needed to adapt to changing circumstances, cooperate, exclude the cheaters etc. etc., rather than his simply giving them the intelligence to work things out for themselves.