Shapiro on Dawkins and evolution (Introduction)

by dhw, Friday, May 18, 2012, 08:28 (4573 days ago) @ David Turell

SHAPIRO: 4. Experimental research has discovered numerous cell-mediated processes of genome restructuring in all realms of life.
 
Dhw: Thank you for the post on plants. It figures that there would be a similar process of "intelligent" cooperation, though I'd have expected a lesser degree of sentience. I guess it is all a matter of degree: plants at the bottom of the scale, humans at the top.-The "listening" rice plants in your latest post under "Nature's Wonders" are yet another example.-DAVID: How about bacterial colonies learning to cooperate? No trace of Darwin here:-http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120515203011.htm-But clear traces of Margulis. And cooperation of this nature requires some sort of awareness. These are not senseless machines; decisions are being made all the time, and if they are successful, the organisms survive and flourish (by Darwinian Natural Selection).