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> > DAVID: [i]With no explanation as to how those cellular communities can plan for the future giant gaps in complexity.[/i] >  > dhw: The explanation would be intelligent thought -And what does the intelligent thinking in a community of cells?  >   > DAVID: [i]So what else can &apos;think&apos; and plan for complexity?[/i] >  > dhw:  Well, according to you, there&apos;s a God and he ain&apos;t got neurons or a brain. And according to you, NDEs show that humans can &#145;think&apos; even when the brain is dead. According to many eminent scientists, single cells are intelligent, and the 50/50 chance that they are right would mean that intelligence (which would include the ability to think and plan) does not depend on neurons and a brain.-Not&apos; many&apos; scientists. You just name a very few. And the 50/50 is because there are only two possibilities. In my biologist eyes it is 90/10 in my favor. >   >  > dhw: Right. You are recognizing that the cellular mechanism to interpret information is not to be conflated with the information. But I would add that it also interprets information  from outside.-The outside info is static, but inside it is process info, a vast difference. >  > DAVID: [i]For me reading a code should be automatic if a code reader is present, as you say it is.[/i] >  > dhw: If the cell is intelligent, I would envisage the processing mechanism in the same terms as the human brain: some actions are automatic, and some are not. In your hypothesis, of course, all its actions are automatic.-Of course.