Automatic cell activity (Introduction)

by David Turell , Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 15:40 (4028 days ago) @ dhw


> dhw; It would seem, then, that like humans bacteria use their materials, instead of their materials using them. They take individual decisions, communicate and cooperate. At the very least this should make you pause before you go on insisting that the cell IS an automaton, and it provides ample reason for you once more to heed McClintock's call for more research into how much knowledge cells have of themselves. Come out of your box, David!-You can anthropomorphize bacteria all you wish but they still are automatons, responding to chemical signals automatically. Why not recognize a God who can give bacteria such marvelous protections, they can live their lives, as they have for 3.5 billion years without having a thought or an organ of thought. I haven't met a thoughtful molecule yet. But they certinaly have reactions, none of them mental or emotional. To paraphrase G. Stein: a molecule is a molecule is a molecule; a string of atoms with electrical characteristics acting in a quantum fashion. No more, no less. Your lack of understanding organic chemistry has your reasoning in a box.