Autonomy and balance (Evolution)

by David Turell , Tuesday, June 07, 2016, 15:50 (2874 days ago) @ dhw


> DAVID: Agreed. There must be some sort of speciation mechanism, unless God directly dabbles.
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> dhw: I would like to make the hypothesis a little clearer: if we believe in common descent, speciation can only take place through some sort of autonomous inventive intelligence within the cell communities themselves, unless there is a God who directly dabbles.-You have your version, I have mine: 'an autonomous inventive mechanism' (aim) or a 'complexification mechanism' (cm) is provided by God who may have to dabble in the future to correct problem solutions of the mechanisms. Alternatively God may be hands on all the way along in evolution. This latter alternative is not as compatible as aim or cm with the h-p bush of life. I think this is a good summary of where we are in discussion.