Wound repair (Introduction)

by David Turell , Wednesday, April 22, 2015, 01:39 (3292 days ago) @ dhw


> dhw: You could hardly have a clearer exposition of how intelligent cells cooperate to create an organ or organism that unifies their intelligences. I'm glad Talbott is one of your favourite authors.
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> DAVID: I've explained why above. He asks questions to which I have answers satisfactory to me. I have the right to my own interpretations of the evidence.
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> dhw: Talbott is repeating the same interpretation of organic behaviour offered by one scientist after another in modern times. Yes of course, you have the right to disagree with the growing phalanx of scientists and thinkers who believe in the concept of the intelligent cell, as opposed to the automaton. However, I hope you will understand why I can't take your word for it, despite your impeccable credentials as a scientist, doctor, scholar, gentleman, cowboy and friend.-There is also a growing phalanx of folks who agree with me, and I've shown some of them to you, and your last comment is deeply appreciated. Don't you ever question why I introduce you to folks who reach different conclusions than mine? They raise questions with no current answer, that have more than one way to answer. You don't like my answers. That is fair enough, but throwing those authors back at me also begs the questions they help me raise. Again, without chance there must be something that plans: I pick a mind, you pick a nebulous IM, whose capacity at planning is unknown. You have your faith, I have mine. So far the only item we know that can plan is a mind.