On Thursday, September 27, 2012 11:07:12 PM UTC-4, Brent wrote: > > On 9/27/2012 7:46 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > On Thursday, September 27, 2012 8:10:37 PM UTC-4, stathisp wrote: >> >> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 8:53 AM, Craig Weinberg <whats...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > But you don't need a living cell to transmit a signal. That is my >> point. Why >> > have a cell? >> >> There are cells because that's the way organisms evolved. If there >> were a way of evolving computer hardware and this was adaptive then >> there would be organisms with computer hardware. It's not impossible >> that somewhere in the universe there are naturally evolved organisms >> utilising batteries, conductors and logic gates. >> >> > It's not reasonable to say on one hand that there is no significant > difference between solid state electronics and living organisms and on the > other to blithely accept that not one of the millions of species on Earth > have happened to mutate even a single solid state inorganic appendage. You > claim it's not impossible, but the evidence that we have in reality does > not support that assumption in the least. To the contrary, living organisms > are dependent on organic matter to even survive. As far as I know, we don't > even see a single individual organism in the history of the world that > predominately eats, drinks, or breathes inorganic matter. You are saying > that is, what...coincidence? > > > We don't see any with wheels either. Do you ever think about counter > points to your thoughts before you post them? >
I don't assume that biological organisms can use wheels either. Don't forget, in my mind, I understand your view completely, and I adhered to it myself for most of my life, but now I see exactly why it is incomplete. What I question is what most people take for granted, not because I am ignorant, but because I am only interested in seeing what it actually is, not in being right or safe or popular. Craig > > Brent > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/everything-list/-/PcDOwFjzNJkJ. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
