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> >  > dhw:The point I&apos;m trying to make is that human brains ARE cells, but we don&apos;t know how these particular cells become intelligent, just as we don&apos;t know how other cell communities become &#147;intelligent&#148;, -We know that cells operate on information in the genome. You and I may disagree on the source of the information.-> dhw: Of course simple cell responses don&apos;t explain the Cambrian. But an inventive mechanism inside the genome of the cell, or rather the genomes of the cell communities of which all organisms consist, does explain it.-I have no disagreement with this.->  > dhw: This was in response to your claim that the inventive mechanism had to follow a set of rules. My point is that the inventive mechanism that creates new organs and &#147;Nature&apos;s Wonders&#148; would be no more subject to &#147;rules&#148;..... Hence the enormous variety of innovations and wonders.-My point should be clear enough. The cells are not capable of such natures wonders unless there is an inventive mechanism they can use. By themselves they don&apos;t have the capacity. They are too automatic, they follow rules. A natural threat brings out the need to stir up the inventive mechanism in the genome which  I believe is yet to be discovered.->> dhw: So too would you be haunted by the extraordinary concept of the first few cells being programmed with every single wonder and innovation throughout the history of evolution.-That does bother me. The idea of an inventive mechanism being present makes sense.