Biological complexity: understanding the ribosome (Introduction)

by dhw, Saturday, July 29, 2017, 08:29 (2675 days ago) @ David Turell

DAVID: If matter has intelligence that fits my proposal that the universe is part of God’s consciousness.

dhw: Why are you pretending that my alternative proposal is the same as yours?

DAVID: I'm not pretending. I think God is universal consciousness and His consciousness is part of everything in the universe.

dhw: You were pretending that my hypothesis amounted to the same as yours, and I have tried to explain why the two hypotheses are completely different.

DAVID: Tiny minds all over the place with no overall control vs. one single mind in control

Precisely – the complete opposite of your hypothesis (and not a bad description of the higgledy-piggledy history of evolution).

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Tony: If matter at the atomic or subatomic level has intelligence, then aren't you essentially equating intelligence to energy as it is the common component between organic brains and inorganic matter?

DAVID: I think God is pure energy.

The idea that intelligence is a form of energy lies at the heart of my attempt to find a compromise between materialism and dualism. I have had one go at it, and will return to it when I have time. (I can’t actually find my first attempt, but it must be there somewhere!)