I agree with you that ‘lower organisms’ are capable of adaptation. The lower the organism in the phylogenetic rung the better is its adaptability....
alright bob! we will see what we can do about it. I just hope your hypothesis clicks
Hardly. Even though we know very little of the primordial conditions, one thing is sure the atmosphere was not so conducive. The food was not plenty,...
Every single living cell on the earth (uni- or multicellular) has to be alert to its surroundings to get food, to protect itslf and to procreate....
Spinal neuron (chief player in spinal reflex) meets most of the above criteria. It does obtain information from the surroundings – it senses that...
i very well appreciate the analogy drawn between rainbow and consciousness. It is usable. "Self-awareness", yes it is't there. but it is not...
OK. Let us see my point from a different perspective. Where do you think consciousness is 'lodged' in the case of a human being? Do you consider...
So let us put it this way: A man is ‘sentient’, so also is his pet cat and perhaps a mouse round the corner, because one is aware of the other,...
Wlminex: Here is a brief outline of the article you have sent. You would have read the entire article, but please read this extract also. I post my...
Yes Wlminex - but consciousness is a confusing term - you may as well substitute it "Awareness" of surroundings.
OK. Do you agree that certain plants like Mimosa are aware of their surroundings because they show rapid movements to touch? Do you contest the view...
Thank You, I have studied the article on "Quantum Approaches to Consciousness" from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. I will go through your...
The discussion we are doing here is referred to as "pseudoscience", rightly or wrongly. The problem with such discussion is understandable. I have no...
When you deny the presence of 'awareness' in bacteria etc, and seems to be claiming that only humans are 'conscious' of their surroundings (and can...
If luck drives life's processes we would all be extinct by now. how can a lion see a hare -it may see or it may not - at random. how can you perform...
Luck is right - only that you cannot be lucky twice
What I mean by ‘know’ is a sense of its surroundings. It should also include ‘response to stimuli’ and perhaps ‘adaptation’ as well. This may also...
Surely, every single reaction occuring in a cell, and everything else, for that matter, works at the quantum level. The only problem is that we do...
The same drive which has driven to polymerize the macromolecules, and the same drive which orchestrated these macromolecules to run metabolic cycles....
But how do microorganisms, for eg, 'go' insearch of food - they have to sense the external world. And why do the animals and plants urge to reproduce...
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