Theoretical origin of life;England's physics theory (Introduction)

by David Turell , Friday, July 28, 2017, 18:40 (2675 days ago) @ dhw

dhw: I was pointing out that your statement “life requires information to begin” missed out the all-important point that even you had put in bold: namely, the ability to process information. We both know one another’s proposals, and I still await your definition of intelligence.-

I'm sure it is close to yours. Intelligence is the ability to learn information and have experiences from which to learn and use that information in daily life and to formulate new thoughts and ideas. It is also to learn about others as in military intelligence. It is also to interpret information and place it in action.

DAVID's comment: (under "Information: applied to matter creates life") Information which can be used by the proteins of life somehow creates active life. Since Schrodinger's book there is still no answer as to how this happens. The proteins are material but the mechanism of life itself is an immaterial process.

dhw: Information is present in everything but creates nothing. It is a particular USE of information that creates things.

Yes, intelligent use.