Did evolution start the instance life accidentally created itself long long ago?
And is evolution super intelligent?
Does evolution have needs and wants...........because to evolve to protect itself and better itself is to have a need and a want for the future.
How does evolution know what the future is and what good is and what better is?...... let alone what the present is or the past is or what bad is or what worst is.
Originally posted by DasaHave you attempted to ask these questions on the Science Forum? Those guys on there claim to know the truth about the science of evolution. They threw me out because they claim i do not know anything about it, because i believe in a religion. Perhaps you could have more luck if you don't mention you believe in a religion..
Did evolution start the instance life accidentally created itself long long ago?
And is evolution super intelligent?
Does evolution have needs and wants...........because to evolve to protect itself and better itself is to have a need and a want for the future.
How does evolution know what the future is and what good is and what better is?...... let alone what the present is or the past is or what bad is or what worst is.
Originally posted by DasaEvolution happens in the presence of life - by definition. Evolution would actually have started before what we typically call 'life' today. All evolution requires is self replication and variation - which happens in chemical structures smaller than what we define as 'life'. Today, we can see genes and virus' evolving even though we do not typically call them life. We can also simulate replication and variation on a computer and see evolution happen without life.
Did evolution start the instance life accidentally created itself long long ago?
And is evolution super intelligent?
That depends on your definition of 'intelligence'.
Does evolution have needs and wants.....
No.
......because to evolve to protect itself and better itself is to have a need and a want for the future.
Evolution does not evolve, nor protect itself, nor better itself. Evolution does result in some life forms that are better protected and survive into the future.
How does evolution know what the future is and what good is and what better is?..... let alone what the present is or the past is or what bad is or what worst is.
It doesn't. Evolution is a process not a god. It does not have knowledge or desires. Your question is like asking: how does gravity know to keep your feet on the ground?
Originally posted by RJHindsThanks I shall ask there......as well
Have you attempted to ask these questions on the Science Forum? Those guys on there claim to know the truth about the science of evolution. They threw me out because they claim i do not know anything about it, because i believe in a religion. Perhaps you could have more luck if you don't mention you believe in a religion..
Originally posted by C HessI am awake again.
Twitehead answered. Consider answer. Then ask next question.
Intelligence has been defined in many different ways such as in terms of one's capacity for logic, abstract thought, understanding, self-awareness, communication, learning, emotional knowledge, memory, planning, creativity and problem solving.
Intelligence
1. a. (1): the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or trying situations : reason; also: the skilled use of reason
(2): the ability to apply knowledge to manipulate one's environment or to think abstractly as measured by objective criteria (as tests)
b. Christian Science: the basic eternal quality of divine Mind
c. mental acuteness: shrewdness
2. a. an intelligent entity; especially: angel
b. intelligent minds or mind <cosmic intelligence>
3. the act of understanding: comprehension
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intelligence
Again, is evolution super intelligent or intelligent at all?
Originally posted by RJHindsAgain, is evolution super intelligent or intelligent at all?
I am awake again.
Intelligence has been defined in many different ways such as in terms of one's capacity for logic, abstract thought, understanding, self-awareness, communication, learning, emotional knowledge, memory, planning, creativity and problem solving.
[b]Intelligence
1. a. (1): the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or ...[text shortened]... /dictionary/intelligence
[b]Again, is evolution super intelligent or intelligent at all? [/b]
And again, no.
Originally posted by RJHindsHave you read that book I recommended yet?
I am awake again.
Intelligence has been defined in many different ways such as in terms of one's capacity for logic, abstract thought, understanding, self-awareness, communication, learning, emotional knowledge, memory, planning, creativity and problem solving.
[b]Intelligence
1. a. (1): the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or ...[text shortened]... /dictionary/intelligence
[b]Again, is evolution super intelligent or intelligent at all? [/b]
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Originally posted by RJHindsNo.
Again, is evolution super intelligent or intelligent at all?
That's like asking if gravity is intelligent.
Self-replicating things that do a better job of surviving long enough to replicate will tend to
outnumber and out-compete self-replicating things that do a worse job of surviving long
enough to replicate.
No intelligence is required.
Originally posted by RJHindsNot by the definitions you have given.
Again, is evolution super intelligent or intelligent at all?
I believe however that Dasa has in the past stated that life itself is intelligent, so I thought he may have a wider range of definitions for the word hence my qualification that the answer may be definition dependent.
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Originally posted by RJHindsA process evolution is. A process intelligent cannot be. Requires a mind does intelligence. A mind evolution has not. Why? Because a process evolution is.
I am awake again.
Intelligence has been defined in many different ways such as in terms of one's capacity for logic, abstract thought, understanding, self-awareness, communication, learning, emotional knowledge, memory, planning, creativity and problem solving.
[b]Intelligence
1. a. (1): the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or ...[text shortened]... /dictionary/intelligence
[b]Again, is evolution super intelligent or intelligent at all? [/b]
Originally posted by C HessIt depends on the definition. If you Google 'intelligent' you get a definition that includes
A process evolution is. A process intelligent cannot be. Requires a mind does intelligence. A mind evolution has not. Why? Because a process evolution is.
(of a device or building) able to vary its state or action in response to varying situations and past experience.
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Originally posted by twhiteheadMaybe mind intelligence not require. Memory intelligence require. Memory evolution... oh, shlt! 😛
It depends on the definition. If you Google 'intelligent' you get a definition that includes(of a device or building) able to vary its state or action in response to varying situations and past experience.