Biological complexity: protozoa sans mitochondria (Introduction)

by David Turell , Friday, May 20, 2016, 20:26 (2887 days ago) @ dhw
edited by David Turell, Friday, May 20, 2016, 20:39

dhw: I hope, hope, hope that you are being sloppy here too and accidentally misreading the above. There is a polar distance between automatic and autonomous. You have always used the word ‘semi-autonomous', and if that is what you mean, we are in business together. If, however, you really mean automatic (i.e. robot-like, following implanted instructions), I shall have to ask which half of the mechanism is NOT automatic and what the non-automatic half actually does, and especially why God might disapprove of a complexity he was responsible for starting.-You don't view God as I do, even when you put on your theistic hat. First point is that He always uses an evolutionary process for the universe and for life. Secondly, He controls. He may well control the environmental changes as well as the evolutionary processes. You are right, I am sloppy in the way I write about it. I can imagine an IM which is somewhat pre-programmed, starts complexification automatically. It may or may not be a response to stress, or simply a timed drive to complexity. God dabbles if He doesn't like how things are going. All of this is because we do not know how speciation is accomplished. Again it is the dilemma of pre-programming or dabbling or both. -> dhw: If this summary is accurate, it has major implications for the rest of our discussion, so I'd better stop here to see if I've got it right. -I skipped your summary since the above statement of mine clarifies, I hope.