The biochemistry of cell communication (Introduction)

by dhw, Wednesday, August 31, 2016, 13:16 (2789 days ago) @ David Turell

dhw: You always pick out the automatic chemical processes which enable organisms to perceive and communicate (just as they do in humans), and you systematically ignore the crucial processes that determine how the information itself is processed and what is the substance of the message communicated. Why do you not consider the rest of the post?... - Signals are passed, cells collaborate to interpret them, and decide what to do. But all you can see is the automatic signalling molecule. - DAVID: You forget the estimate that the whole batting process is a half second or less. It requires instant coordination. How much time for debate is there (?), and I can tell you the quote is hyperbole, as the researcher has no idea what each cell among millions is doing. That is impossible research and therefore an assumption. My own lab work in med school tells me that. - You generously provide us with these up-to-date articles, draw your own conclusion, and then pooh-pooh any aspect of the researchers' conclusions that runs counter to those you reached when you were a student. Continuing the batting analogy, are you saying that God has preprogrammed the batter? Or is it possible that in that split second he processes the information and takes his own decision on how to react?