Shapiro on Dawkins and evolution (Introduction)

by David Turell , Tuesday, May 01, 2012, 15:37 (4567 days ago) @ xeno6696

DAVID: Dawkins big mouth matched with a thinking Shapiro:
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> > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-a-shapiro/evolution-debate_b_1425133.html
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> > Thank you, David. What a great article! I couldn't help leaping out of my chair at the following quote:
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> > 4. Experimental research has discovered numerous cell-mediated processes of genome restructuring in all realms of life. These cellular natural genetic engineering capabilities replace accidental events as the real sources of heritable genome change. Since natural genetic engineering is subject to cell regulatory circuits and can be targeted within the genome, random copying errors can no longer be considered a basic feature of evolutionary change.
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> > Could this possibly be the professional equivalent of my layman's "intelligent cell"?
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> David might be a better judge here, but in essence I'd say yes. But I stress: What's the yardstick for intelligence?-The complexity of the life-style of the organism, or of the life-cycle. My thought is that evolution creates living 'types' but those types modify how they live and survive by self-modification through epigenetics.