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by David Turell , Thursday, October 29, 2015, 20:59 (3094 days ago) @ dhw


> dhw: I am well aware that “information” is the current buzzword, and I am challenging your use of it.... I have pointed out that you could just as easily use these terms to denote cellular intelligence. I accept that the information to make, replicate and mold a cell is stored in genes, DNA, but I would not call organic polymers etc. information: I would call them organic polymers. -I don't understand your problem. DNA is a polymer code that imparts information. The processes of life use that information to function, not just to form cells.-> dhw: I see information as facts concerning what they are, what they do, and what can be done with them. One of the functions of cells is to process information. For clarity's sake, I want us to distinguish between what is processed and what does the processing, whereas you are telling me that information processes information. You say “information runs life.” I don't know what runs life, but I'm pretty sure that it entails a mechanism that processes and uses information.-Then we agree, life runs on information.-> DAVID: The basis of biology is information. To me, as a human, the way information can only be developed and understood is by 'mind'.
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> dhw: That is precisely the argument of my hypothesis: the information is understood and developed by the “mind” or “intelligence” of the cell (which may have been designed by God).-Back to 50/50 as to which is correct. I doubt it is both.