dhw: Yes of course you will stick to your rigid belief. And I will simply point out that some experts disagree with you, and that when you reject reductive materialism as an explanation for the intelligent behaviour of humans (and, to a lesser degree, of our fellow animals), and you accept reductive materialism as an explanation for the intelligent behaviour of bacteria, your argument smacks of double standards. - I have to look at science studies using a reductive materialism method, and then I make my own interpretation of the findings. Yes, several standards of critical view.