Tom Ellis
Jun 28, 2023

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Please re-read my post. I know I have a gut every time I take a shit. My body is not an externally designed algorithm, but a self-organizing DNA-based complex adaptive system, just like yours and my cat's but unlike any computer app. It is the difference between teleogenic (purpose-self-generating) systems and teleonomic (purpose externally programmed) systems, and the distinction between these two types of systems is absolute.

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Tom Ellis
Tom Ellis

Written by Tom Ellis

I am a retired English professor now living in Oregon, and a life-long environmental activist, Buddhist, and holistic philosopher.

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