Junk DNA goodbye!: neutral DNA is shown as smaller (Introduction)

by dhw, Friday, November 02, 2018, 12:56 (2214 days ago) @ David Turell

dhw: Of course most functions are automatic. Intelligence comes into play when there are problems to be solved. Those are the “observed intelligent responses”. And of course life requires cells to function! That does not mean they are not intelligent! But, as above, my hypothesis is a hypothesis, and remains as hypothetical as your own hypotheses.

DAVID: What you skip over about 'observed intelligent responses' is I view those responses as continuous to keep life alive and therefor totally automatic, with no evidence that cellular intelligence can be stretched to design for future changes. Therefore the basis of your hypothesis fails from the beginning.

The basis of my hypothesis is the belief of several experts in the field that cells are intelligent. The fact that you believe your own view and not theirs does not mean my hypothesis fails from the beginning! Of course responses must be continuous, and if they are not, and the cell communities fail to provide intelligent solutions to new problems, the life of the organism ends! I have acknowledged a hundred times that we do not have evidence that their intelligence can stretch so far as to the innovations that cause speciation, which is why my hypothesis remains just as unproven as your own.