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External
Intelligence
Phenomenon -- Part II
Click here for Part I From Reflections on the Worthiness of Human Creation by K. T. Chang What is External Intelligence
Phenomenon? It is a straightforward statement of
observable fact, it is not a theory. In every
machinery or device made by man, EIP is so
self-evident that it is not worth a mention. The
designer supplies the intelligence to make a device
to perform some useful function. The device itself,
being made of lifeless material, does not think and
has absolutely no idea what it is doing. We say then
that the intelligence associated with any piece of
machinery is external to the machine proper. In life forms encompassing large
collections of living cells, the separation of
device material and intelligence is not so clear
cut. In apoptosis (programmed cell death), for
instance, some researchers describe the phenomenon
as an affected cell “making a decision to commit
suicide”. This is erroneous thinking. While it is
true that some cells perform vastly complicated
processes that mankind has just begun to understand
only within the last decade, the intelligence and
purpose of the process is external to the cell. A
cell cannot make decisions, it is not even aware of
its own existence; the pathways of energy flow are
spelled out in the RNA code, and the intelligence
necessary to write that code is external to the
cell. In this respect, the cell has no advantage
over the atoms comprising the hardware of a
computer; the intelligence is supplied by the
designer, external to the hardware. Thus, for 3,500 million years,
EIP had been in command of the development on Earth
which we know as Bioscience. All life forms,
including Homo sapiens, lived and
reproduced in complete ignorance of the intelligent
design behind this effort. But mankind was destined
to inherit the mind of God, to escape from the web
of passive existence and to become the only animal
capable of thought and reason, the chosen species.
We, the designated leaders, should rejoice in this
gift of being the custodians of great things in
life. One last thought. The existence of EIP, if acknowledged by both evolutionists and creationists, renders it unnecessary to debate the existence of God. It becomes purely a matter of personal preference whether to use God or EIP as a symbol of supernatural power. ©2008 K. T. Chang. All rights reserved.
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