Cellular intelligence (Evolution)

by David Turell , Saturday, March 05, 2022, 15:34 (776 days ago) @ dhw

DAVID: To repeat: immune cells recognize non-self, and automatically attach killing protein, and remember to do it in the future.

dhw: I suggest that if he exists, he gave cells the ability to work out their own solutions, though we know for a fact that in many cases they are unable to do so. Their intelligence is limited. And in your theory, somewhat surprisingly perhaps, your all-knowing God’s instructions are also limited.

DAVID: Yes, we get sick. Immune response is not immediate in success, but immune cells make antibodies to all attackers automatically.

dhw: That is your theory – though you also tell us that they obey your God’s instructions. So tell us why sometimes the immune system fails to produce antibodies, and we humans have to intervene.

They always produce antibodies, but if they are not adequate for the job, now we can add antibiotics or antivirals

Cellular intelligence: started in bacteria

DAVID: Today ID views Shapiro as I do:

dhw: But this article, as quoted here, does not view Shapiro as you do.

https://mindmatters.ai/2021/11/university-of-chicago-biochemist-all-living-cells-are-co...

dhw: The author is simply raising the problem of the origin of intelligence/consciousness, and is not dismissing the concept of cellular intelligence as you do.

We can leave it at that, since the rest of the post is dedicated to what ID-ers believe. The article itself confirms the heading you have given to this thread.

Good.