fourier jr Posted May 3, 2004 Share Posted May 3, 2004 I a guy I know (not me, I'm in math) believes in cel consciousness, which is basically says that cells sort of know what's going on around them & can communicate with each other (to a certain extent). He told a prof about it & the prof said the guy better not tell any other prof about it because it's not 'mainstream' or something. What does everyone think of cell consciousness? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted May 3, 2004 Share Posted May 3, 2004 I think that cells are cells.And that they have no conciousness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blike Posted May 3, 2004 Share Posted May 3, 2004 Cells know whats going on around them, and can interact with each other accordingly. This isn't due to cellular "consciousness", just finely tuned chemical processes in the body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash Posted May 4, 2004 Share Posted May 4, 2004 I would say cells are not concious...but somehow they create a concious being Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Refsmmat Posted May 4, 2004 Share Posted May 4, 2004 They may interact, but that's due to chemical processes, not conciousness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash Posted May 4, 2004 Share Posted May 4, 2004 So your saying your not concious? or that your not composed of cells? [edit] i was saying cells are not concious but somehow all the cells together make a concious being Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourier jr Posted May 4, 2004 Author Share Posted May 4, 2004 They may interact, but that's due to chemical processes, not conciousness. No from what I understand, cells know what's going on around them & can communicate with each other & are 'self aware' (something like that) to some limited extent, and it isn't just mechanisms or chemical reactions. The cells know what they're doing. The guy made it sound like the the people in the department here think it's just a silly crackpot theory, but there are small groups of people who work on it. I just thought it sounded kind of interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted May 4, 2004 Share Posted May 4, 2004 It is a crackpot theory. Cells do not have consciousness. Biology doesn't even provide a specification for what or where consciousness 'is'. Cells do communicate and they are aware of the immediate surroundings, but that is just biochemistry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted May 4, 2004 Share Posted May 4, 2004 I would think you need a brain to be conscious. From what we know of cells, they don't have a brain. But that doesn't stop them from interacting with the environment of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted May 4, 2004 Share Posted May 4, 2004 cells are just basic building blocks, it`s how they are employed that determines consciousness, ie/ neural networks in the brain and the ability to forge links as a result of nerve signals from our external environment, making the whole greater than the sum of it`s parts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radical Edward Posted May 4, 2004 Share Posted May 4, 2004 consciousness, whatever it is cannot exist (in biological lifeforms like ours at any rate) without a level of complexity which is found in the brain. individual cells do not have this level of complexity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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