DAVID: Thank you for your skepticism. As for thinking humans, most of what happens every day in their bodies is entirely automatic.

dhw: Again I agree. What is not automatic is the power to solve problems, make decisions, cooperate with others – those activities which indicate autonomous intelligence and are to be observed in all our fellow organisms, including bacteria.

DAVID: Again: they are automatically programmed by intelligent information which makes them look intelligent.

Our fellow organisms also include insects, birds, fish, other animals and our fellow human beings. So I wonder how you manage to distinguish between those that merely look intelligent and those that actually are intelligent. Do please tell us your secret.