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by chasil 1143 days ago
There is nothing in the behavior of cells that is reflective of human intelligence.

Cells are "amino acid robots."

They string the 26 programmed amino acids into exotic plastics/proteins to execute their programmed functions.

There is no relation to human behavior in cellular behavior.

At the end of an infection, most immune cells trigger "apoptosis" (controlled cellular "suicide").

At the end of a riot, police obviously do not do this.

You might find this Kurzgesagt introduction to immune system behavior interesting. There are several videos in this sequence, and Kurzgesagt ultimately published a book that is worth reading.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lXfEK8G8CUI

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This short series is a bit more in depth...

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFtH1mhd9gD_064ndQ9Te...

I saw the first episode.

This skips around, and misses major aspects that are barely mentioned.

The compliment system has it's own video in the Kurzgesagt series, although it misses a major aspect in a "membrane attack complex" in the participation of an antibody.

This first entry in the series that you've posted focuses on the innate immune system, but barely mentions compliment, and doesn't mention C-3 or a membrane attack complex. Dendritic cells are also left out, but they may be in another episode.

I'll watch the rest of the series, but I think that Kurzgesagt has more focus.