The biochemistry of cell adhesion and communication (Introduction)

by David Turell , Saturday, December 19, 2015, 15:29 (3261 days ago) @ dhw


> dhw: Whole animals and whole organs are communities of single cells, and if single cells are intelligent, you don't have to be a genius to work out that cell communities must be intelligent too. HOWEVER, as I have said repeatedly, once an organ has been invented, of course the cells will perform their allotted duties, just as ants do in their community. -Quite right-> dhw: I have no idea whether Shapiro has extended his knowledge of bacterial intelligence to his understanding of how evolution works, but since Margulis was also a champion of cellular intelligence and emphasized the importance of cooperation in the history of evolution, I really can't believe I am the first to put the two concepts together.-Back to the same issue. Independent intelligence of cells vs. intelligent instructional information to run the cells. As a whole animal biologist I'm solidly with the latter.