Immunity: detecting dangerous bacteria (Introduction)

by dhw, Friday, December 01, 2017, 11:53 (2550 days ago) @ David Turell

DAVID: You forget that I believe in God and have the right to make a choice of interpretation. Both are possible. One is true.

dhw: How could I forget that you believe in God? Everybody has the right to make a choice of interpretation, whether they believe in God or not, but as I pointed out above, belief in God has nothing whatsoever to do with this particular choice. However, “both are possible” was what I was hoping to hear, and we can leave it at that until the next time you dismiss the whole idea of cellular intelligence.

DAVID: Of course cells act intelligently. We disagree on the primary mechanism.

Before we sign off on this, and in anticipation of the next disagreement, let’s clarify what we mean by the primary mechanism. Mine is autonomous intelligence (possibly designed by your God). Yours is a hidden, 3.8-billion-year-old computer programme containing instructions for every eventuality for the rest of time, barring those in which your God intervenes personally. Is that correct?