Innovation and Speciation (Evolution)

by David Turell , Sunday, May 01, 2011, 15:32 (4738 days ago) @ dhw

Matt has drawn our attention to an article on the subject of bees and consciousness, which David regards as "a lot of yuck".-The article was twaddle. The author did not know the difference between conscious and consciousness. Matt seemed to present it as an intro into the idea of hive or species intelligence. That is not consciousness. The idea that information runs organisms has come to the fore in scientific philosophy and is covered in a recent book edited by Paul Davies:-http://www.amazon.com/Information-Nature-Reality-Physics-Metaphysics/dp/0521762251/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1304259784&sr=1-1-spell-Now this is important material and moves well beyond original neo-Darwinism. The radio signals from bacteria may be an indication of how some of group intelligence works. It may be a hint into parapsychology, telepathy, etc. Information is the key to making organic chemistry become life. Not by chance.