Biological complexity; bacteria sense touch (Introduction)

by dhw, Thursday, August 17, 2017, 13:25 (2655 days ago) @ David Turell

dhw: It is not possible to see intelligence. As a dualist you believe that intelligence is the immaterial power that gives instructions to the material body. We can only see the material body’s manifestations of intelligence - in humans and in all other organisms.

DAVID: What we see are the manifestations of intelligent planning and instructions.

Not altogether happy with "planning" but otherwise agreed. What we do not see is the source of the intelligent responses and instructions. You say it’s God. I say it may be the intelligence (possibly God-given) of the organisms themselves, including bacteria.