If only the bacterium could tell us : " Did you see that truck of a paramecium coming at me ?	dy
Without invoking consciousness , not because it is not worth invoking but because so little sensible has ever been said on the subject , it seems worth asking how much of this hierarchy could be realized by simple molecular systems , even without evoking nerve cells .	dy
I would think a lot of this hierarchy could find molecular realizations .	dy
Such a system might blindly try out variant patterns of synthesis until it could establish a self - sustaining web linking the carbohydrates , the enzymes , and certain protein receptors mediating the linkage between unconditioned and conditioned stimulus , then maintain that linkage by positive feedback loops .	dy
That is , a suspended - load channel ( Pattern 12 ) could become braided ( Pattern 5 ) , or a braided channel ( Pattern 5 ) could become meandering ( Pattern 8 or 12 ) , etc.	ep
That is , a suspended - load channel ( Pattern 12 ) could become braided ( Pattern 5 ) , or a braided channel ( Pattern 5 ) could become meandering ( Pattern 8 or 12 ) , etc.	ep
