Biological complexity: bacteria use electrical signals (Introduction)

by David Turell , Sunday, March 13, 2016, 18:29 (3177 days ago) @ dhw


> DAVID: I am fully convinced I have free will, philosophic debate aside. The plasticity of the brain is proof in the way it responds clearly and accurately to my use of it.
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> I am fully aware of your being fully convinced of your opinions! But you have no way of proving that the interaction between your “self” and your brain has not been preprogrammed by the infinite chain of cause and effect ...- I am merely pointing out that your argument that nobody can tell the difference between autonomous and preprogrammed behaviour in cells can also be applied to your own behaviour.-You are ignoring the by-play back and forth between my use of the brain and its plastic responses to my use and wishes. My brain never tells me to decide to do something. Nor did it dictate this answer to you.-> dhw: You challenged my hypothesis of the intelligent cell as the driving force behind evolution and asked if there was any semblance of proof. I have returned the compliment. “There is no better explanation” is no answer. Of course there is no proof for either hypothesis, and so there is no point in your challenging mine when your own is subject to the same criticism.-Logically the complex lifestyles shown in Nature's IQ cannot have been invented by existing organisms, which can be shown to respond automatically in an algorithm of pre-programmed choices.