GaryGaulin
Posts: 5385 Joined: Oct. 2012
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Quote (fnxtr @ Nov. 27 2012,00:21) | Why then do you use the active voice, as in "Bacteria can (self-)modify their genes."? If it's not a choice, why introduce "intelligence"? |
It is a known fact that bacterial genomes change over time. And unless you have a Flying Natural Selection Monster shuffling their nucleotides around with its noodley appendages then it is something that the bacterial genomes (its molecular intelligence) hence the bacteria are themselves capable of.
And I introduced "intelligence" because it is there. That is why animals as complex as humans now exist. If there is no genetic ability to "self-learn" then humans could not exist.
Quote (fnxtr @ Nov. 27 2012,00:21) | Nature is sloppy (which is, I think, what really sticks your craw). |
What really sticks my craw are condescending noodle-heads who think they know-it-all. The least you can do is use the proper phrasing "molecular intelligence" or "cellular intelligence" instead of the usual grade school generalizations that make me wonder if I'm talking to children.
-------------- The theory of intelligent design holds that certain features of the universe and of living things are best explained by an intelligent cause, not an undirected process such as natural selection.
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