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were the size of a cat, we would probably impute to it the same level of
intelligence as we do to a mammal. Just how do such minute organisms
integrate all the information necessary to make such apparently calcu-
lated intelligent decisions? … the way it [the amoeba] integrates all the
information necessary to pursue its prey, its decision to change direc-
tion, its persistence in the pursuit when its prey escapes, the sudden
breakout of the smaller amoeba from its imprisonment in the interior of
its captor at the moment when the wall of protoplasm was at its
thinnest—all this remains to be fully explained in molecular terms. 81
The final sentence of the above account is particularly notable.
Amoebas' behavior cannot be explained at the molecular level, in
terms of chemical reactions and physical effects. These living
things decide and act as conscious entities, even though they pos-
sess neither brain nor nervous system. They are merely cells con-
sisting of protein, fat and water.

A nerve cell in the body acts with amazing intelligence. However, to call
a nerve cell intelligent doesn't imply that it possesses the intelligence.
The reason of the amazing consciousness in body cells is the inspi-
ration they take from God.
Adnan
Oktar

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