nervous system – Uncommon Descent

Cell biology Information Intelligent Design

How do giant slime molds remember things without a brain or nervous system?

Is it fair to say that not all life forms need a brain or a nervous system but all must have some method of managing (immaterial) information?

AaronS1978 @ ET We apparently do because of people like Sev Who in many cases willfully ignore very obvious things such... – Why trust in “science” is becoming...
TAMMIE LEE HAYNES Dear Mr Seversky Is there any evidence that proves beyond possible doubt that that Coronavirus originated in the Wuhan lab?... – Why trust in “science” is becoming...
StephenB KF, their philosophy of life (WJM and KM) would change quickly if it was they who had to endure the... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
bornagain77 Aaron when you ask, "Does somebody else’s measurement of me make me exist or do I make everybody else exists... – Does quantum physics really mean there...
kairosfocus SB, I should add that justice can be understood as a state off affairs in which there is civil peace... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
Seversky There is a difference between trusting science and having an unquestioning trust in science. And right now the evidence of... – Why trust in “science” is becoming...
ET Wow. We do not need any more evidence that COVID-19 traces back to the lab in Wuhan. That part of... – Why trust in “science” is becoming...
kairosfocus SB, KM is trying to follow WJM's attempt to redefine self-evidence to things that are necessary, trans-world entities. This is... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
StephenB Karen McMannus: There is no such thing as a self-evident “moral” truth… They do not necessarily apply to all possible... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
AaronS1978 You understand that God uses animals to communicate with people correct and has done so multiple times even in the... – At Mind Matters News: Do any...
StephenB Karen McMannus on June 13 : There is no such thing as a self-evident “moral” truth… Let's check the record:... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
Querius Reality is based on entities that are not "solid" matter but mathematical probabilities called wave functions that collapse into mass-energy... – Does quantum physics really mean there...
Sandy But just from experience there are more humans I can’t stand then there are animals that I love And that... – At Mind Matters News: Do any...
AaronS1978 OK OK I have a question for everybody when you say that reality does not exist unless you are looking... – Does quantum physics really mean there...
kairosfocus KM, Kindly note: https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/features/sociopath-psychopath-difference A key difference between a psychopath and a sociopath is whether he has a conscience, the... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
StephenB William J. Murray to Kairosfocus: Here’s the problem: all of that (the idea that justice exists as a thing) is... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
AaronS1978 Are you one of those people that takes a literal interpretation on loving thy neighbor to the point of absolutely... – At Mind Matters News: Do any...
AaronS1978 I think you don’t understand that you can’t determine whether I’m a Christian or not I’m a Christian And that... – At Mind Matters News: Do any...
Karen McMannus KF: That one may have a badly damaged conscience Anything contrafactual to your worldview is "damaged" apparently. P.S. Scientific research... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
Sandy But just from experience there are more humans I can’t stand then there are animals that I love Well then... – At Mind Matters News: Do any...
kairosfocus KM, irrelevant. That one may have a badly damaged conscience does not change that we are duty-bound to sound conscience... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...