How children pick up a language: new review of Wolfe (Humans)

by David Turell , Wednesday, November 23, 2016, 14:13 (2921 days ago) @ dhw

David: Just because Darwin threw away 'origin' in his theory, doesn't mean you can continue to ignore the continuum from the beginning in our current debate. Note I have left out God, as not needed for the concept of life's continuum[/i].

dhw: No such complaint from me. I have already included the original cells as the start of the continuum. ... Your hypothesis is that the first cells were preprogrammed with every non-dabbled innovation and natural wonder throughout the history of life, whereas mine is that innovations and natural wonders are the products of cellular intelligence. Since I explicitly accept the theory of common descent (life's continuum), and since you explicitly “do not see how you can implant intelligence into the first cells from their beginning”, and since I explicitly point out – as I have done all the way through this discussion – that “the initial intelligence may have come from God” (“initial” means “happening at the beginning”), I don’t know how you can possibly accuse me of ignoring the continuum from the beginning. Nice try, though.

Well, we now agree on continuum. That is a change from your past comments which admonished me to remember Darwin didn't cover origins. Neat skip over: cells have their own intelligence somehow, or perhaps God did it. Either/or? Intelligence is gained by experience that is integrated, or by being taught. Does cellular DNA show any evidence of that ability beyond the minor epigenetic adaptations we see? No. Can't shake you from the tips of the picket fence.