Starman,
Yes you are wrong. The genes don't decide how to fit the environment better, there is always some natural variation as well as mutation. Those that provide a better "fit" to the environment of other genes, the body, and the world survive better, thus becoming more numerous. Negative variations soon fade away, neutral ones are preserved.
Yes, I understand natural selection.
The DNA is a chemical cocktail. We know that the body communicates at the cellular level by chemical messaging.
I was thinking someone would say life is a chemical reaction, driven by alkalinity.
Acidic conditions cause week bonds allowing for pre-mature breaks of the DNA during replication.
This could be understood to be one of the leading causes of cancer by creating improper cell generation.
Could it be that nature is constantly looking for a ph balance? Could this explain chance mutation?
Chance mutation is difficult to accept. There are just too many variables in the genetic code of DNA to allow for focused random mutations.
This would be similar to buying a lottery ticket with a billion numbers on it. The odds of focused mutation would not be practical.
Mutation is purpose driven. We see this in many species. It seems the brain quantum has little or no impact on mutation, the brain seems to be more a product of mutation.
What I am trying to say is there must be a direction for mutation at the level of DNA and not by chance. There must be some predictable pattern for mutation.
Is this intelligence or is it a chemical reaction?
What leans me to intelligence is the fact that when DNA infractions occur they do not trigger direct effects. Instead they must use energy electrical in nature like the brain to communicate to the proper area of the DNA where the mutation is to take place.
This has been proven in some fish that develop hind legs for survival, yet the same fish lives in two different environments, where the fish lives in the environment without natural predators the DNA turns off and the rear legs are not developed. When the same fish is moved to different environments the gene is switched on and off by the DNA as needed. This is amazing and must be at the cellular level, or even at the DNA level.
What defines intelligence?
I would define intelligence as organized communication by complex structures using non-chemical energy.
Please point out my where I am in error.
Thanks
JQ