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ANNOTATION:
on "Poor Reasoning.... " comment by Frank van de Loo...
Quote: "The cell is a product of the genes it contains, as they contain the information that specify its construction and functioning. The cell has evolved purely as a mechanism, or vehicle , for the efficient replication of its collection of collaborating genes. Therefore, the property of the cell (and of groups of cells that make orgainsms such as ourselves) that we call life, is no more than a by-product of the replication strategy of groups of genes."
Accepting this argument contradicts your hypothesis, because if the genetic information intends to bring about the function of a cell, replication perpuates the intention while giving it teeth. The by-product then that we call life, carries the same intention as did the genes. The argument is flawed when it proceeds:
Quote: "There is no meaning in this replication strategy, there is no meaning in life."
because it ignores the original (genetic) intention, or meaning.
Notwithstanding this error, the sentence following also contradicts the hypothesis:
Quote: This is the key lesson of understanding evolution: the genes that replicate the best (such as by collaborating and making living organisms) become more abundant, while those that replicate poorly, disappear. Perfectly simple, and perfectly senseless."
A "key lesson" such as "Nothing a cell does or can do has any effect on its existence" might better support the hypothesis.
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