Biological complexity; bacteria sense touch (Introduction)

by David Turell , Thursday, August 17, 2017, 14:55 (2655 days ago) @ dhw

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.

dhw: 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.

We are at the same endpoint.