Biological complexity: protozoa sans mitochondria (Introduction)

by dhw, Monday, May 16, 2016, 15:58 (3113 days ago) @ David Turell

dhw: “Free-ranging” is precisely the type of mechanism I have been proposing: i.e. your God does not “guide” organisms to innovate or pursue a particular lifestyle or create a natural wonder (or complexify), but they do it themselves. In my theistic version, I also allow for an occasional dabble. I will refer back to this in the discussion under “algae”. - DAVID: In this possible scheme of things, where we differ is I am referring to complexity as working in the arena of body type and abilities of that body. The weaver nest, migration, etc., I consider lifestyle, where God probably does more.
 - The “arena of body type and abilities of that body” is what I call innovation, which is the key to evolution. The weaver nest is what I refer to as a natural wonder, and migration as a lifestyle. According to you in every discussion we have had up to now, ALL of them are too complex for the organisms to work out by themselves, and so they ALL have to be “guided”. According to my hypothesis (theistic version), your God endowed cell communities with the intelligence to work these complexities out for themselves. More under “algae”.