More Denton: Another review of Denton's new book (Introduction)

by David Turell , Sunday, May 29, 2016, 15:28 (3100 days ago) @ dhw

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> DAVID: Since when is natural selection a recognition of 'mutual benefit'? Bacteria don't think.
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> dhw: As usual, you state your opinion as if it were a fact. Natural selection does not preclude thought!-Natural selection is affected by thinking animals like us, and to a less extent by lesser animals. Not in plants.-> dhw: Why should cells in communities be able to think for themselves and communicate with one another, but single cells can't?-Because single cells have automatic functions, while multicellulars have specialized networks of cells that allow thought. -
> dhw;The whole point is that multicellularity allowed for an almost infinitely expandable range of life forms - a big improvement over the limitations of the single cell. Hence the higgledy-piggledy bush of evolution.-No question.