Cell complexity: talking through microtubules (Introduction)

by dhw, Wednesday, May 09, 2018, 12:47 (2178 days ago) @ David Turell

dhw: The evidence for cellular intelligence builds with every article David posts on the subject. Not to be equated with human intelligence of course, but if you saw an animal, bird, insect in trouble and calling for help, and you saw its neighbour providing that help, you wouldn’t hesitate to acknowledge that this was a sign of intelligence. It’s only because these organisms are so tiny and invisible to the naked eye that some folk dismiss the idea.
dhw: […] Most cellular activity will be automatic. It’s only when things change that intelligence is called on..

DAVID: Obviously intelligence is involved. Cells are so complex they must have a designer. That is where the intelligence comes from.

Two separate issues here: 1) Do cells have their own autonomous intelligence? 2) If they do, where did it come from? Your complexity = design argument is a powerful one. I hope you are now beginning to acknowledge that the case for cellular intelligence is becoming increasingly powerful!