172 CELL INTELLIGENCE THE CAUSE OF EVOLUTION 



or intelligent, unless he possessed most of his sense or- 

 gans and also his brain cells or thinkers. 



The five senses are the instruments by which the brain 

 cells obtain this information from the outside world. They 

 have nothing to do with the thinking. 



The brain cells and their assistants, the nerves, have 

 charge of the business of receiving information from, and 

 being in touch with the outside world, and of directing 

 and guiding all the other members and cells of the body. 

 This will clearly show that the cells may be ever so able 

 to think and direct, that is intelligent, as far as they are 

 concerned, but should they be deprived of information 

 from the outside world, they would not be able to exercise 

 their faculty of thinking and directing, especially in refer- 

 ence to matters taking place in the outside world, be they 

 ever so dangerous to the existence and welfare of them- 

 selves and the whole body in general. To illustrate : If 

 we left the house and went into the timber with a gun to 

 shoot a lion, and the gun should accidentally explode and 

 destroy the eyesight, we would likely iiave a hard time 

 finding the way back home, and would probably be eaten 

 by the lion. Why? Because the instrument by which we 

 convey continually to the brain cells information of the 

 outside world, so that the brain cells can think and know 

 what is going on outside, has been destroyed, and they 

 have no means of knowing of any impending danger, or 

 of where to go and cannot give any directions to the mo- 

 tor or any other part of the cell body. 



It is the business of the brain cells to inform the other 

 cells of the body of the approaching lion, and where to go, 

 and to order the limbs to immediate action, in order to 

 save the whole body or cell community from utter de- 

 struction by the lion. The brain cells are, however, help- 

 less, because the instrument necessary to receive and 



