Different in degree or kind: An essay captures Adler (Introduction)

by David Turell , Sunday, November 22, 2015, 15:31 (3072 days ago) @ dhw

DAVID: I brought up the computer image because Shapiro is telling us that the genome acts like a computer. Computers work automatically. The inference is that the genome of each cell works automatically, and does.
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> dhw:So Shapiro tells us explicitly and repeatedly that the cell is a sentient, cognitive, decision-making being, but because he uses an image taken from computerspeak, he really means that the cell is an automaton. Some people act like gods. That doesn't mean they are gods.-We go round and round. Let's stop here.