David's theory of evolution: Stephen Talbott's view; agency (Evolution)

by dhw, Sunday, November 15, 2020, 11:55 (1259 days ago) @ David Turell

QUOTE: Single cells don’t have minds of their own – so surely they don’t have goals, determination, gusto? When we attribute aims and purposes to these primitive organisms, aren’t we just succumbing to an illusion?

dhw: All the subsequent intellectual faffing around would be totally unnecessary if only Talbott would take the bull by the horns and acknowledge that single cells have their own form of intelligence (not to be compared to that of the human mind), and we do not know its source.

DAVID: How about God as the agency? This author just mimicked Talbott.

Why do you have to have your God sitting inside every single cell, providing it with its aims, determination and gusto, and making every decision in every situation it faces? How about your God designing both the cell and the mechanism that enables it to make its own decisions? I don’t understand your second comment.