Rapid evolution or epigenetics? (Introduction)

by David Turell , Friday, March 11, 2011, 19:11 (4985 days ago) @ dhw

I have suggested that innovations may be produced by internal mechanisms that have some form of intelligence of their own, as opposed to being programmed by a UI to lead evolution to humanity, or being thrown up by random mutations.
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> DAVID: You are theorizing completely. I have presumed a directed pattern. -The following looks like directed pattern. Slime mold single-celled organisms, can group together, form a stalk with protein seen in multicellular organisms. One research person comments that genes can be adapted to new functions, and multicellularity may have been an easy jump! Looks like directed evolution, pre-planning, to me:-http://www.the-scientist.com/news/display/58047/