Cellular intelligence (Evolution)

by David Turell , Thursday, February 24, 2022, 15:27 (792 days ago) @ dhw

DAVID: You sticking to your facetious God who hands off design to others.

Even if you ridicule the possibility that your God – who enjoys creating and is interested in his creations – might find a free-for-all more interesting than a puppet show, it does not alter the fact that you have also ridiculed your own theory as “facetious”.

Another misinterpretation.

Magic embryology

dhw: Why can’t you recognize that some cells absorb and process information, communicate with other cells, and take decisions in order to cope with new conditions, and these qualities are hallmarks of intelligence? As for stem cells, my focus is entirely on the fact that they can change their identity, which is obviously a crucial factor for speciation, in which one form changes into another.

DAVID: All you describe is correct as the cells are designed to act exactly that way.

dhw: If you meant they may have been designed to use their autonomous intelligence for the purpose of solving problems, and adapting to or exploiting new conditions, we could shake hands, but of course you dismiss that possibility.

You never tell me how your innately intelligent cells developed the ability to think.