JohnW
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| Quote (GaryGaulin @ Nov. 24 2012,18:18) | | Quote (JohnW @ Nov. 24 2012,20:10) | | Quote (GaryGaulin @ Nov. 24 2012,18:00) | | Quote (Richardthughes @ Nov. 24 2012,19:43) | | Quote (GaryGaulin @ Nov. 24 2012,19:36) | | The theory only discusses the "Cambrian Explosion" not exact date that the first multicellular intelligence appeared which is expected to have been shortly before that time period. |
Why? How is the 'theory' anchored to only one time period / event? |
The exact time period of the Cambrian Explosion is irrelevant to this theory. The only thing that matters is the sudden proliferation of multicellular intelligence, found in the fossil record. |
So how do you distinguish "multicellular life with multicellular intelligence" from "multicellular life without multicellular intelligence"? |
From theory:
| Quote | Multicellular Intelligence
Multicellular intelligence produced by a brain operates with clock cycles that can be detected from the outside by tuning to waves with an electroencephalograph (EEG) machine to observe brain waves. In humans intelligence can be gauged using academic test scores and personal accomplishments, while in less academic organisms mazes or other cognitive tests are used.
Multicellular organisms are not always multicellular intelligence. Without a brain, plants cannot meet the four requirements for multicellular intelligence. In plants and other simple systems cellular intelligence combines to produce a multicellular structure where the only plant motion is to sway with the wind or slow phototropic behavior, growing towards light. Venus flytrap has a simple reflex action to close when an insect touches its sensor, but a “reflex” action is not “intelligence”. There is also cellular sprout timing (vernalization) circuitry but that is a molecular system inside its cells not cells communicating with each other as in a brain, therefore we will consider plants to be cellular intelligence only, not multicellular intelligence.
Animals easily meet all four requirements of intelligence. This includes corals, sponges and sea squirts where in the larval (tadpole) stage also have a light sensing ocellus (motion sensing navigation eye) to help them find a comfortable place to stay. |
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Animals existed for many millions of years before the Cambrian. So your "molecular intelligence" notions have no relevance to the Cambrian Explosion.
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