Regenerative Medicine

In nature, worms and salamanders have amazing capacity for regeneration. Flatworms can be divided into pin many pieces - the record is something like 275 Pieces. And every piece will re grow exactly what what what it needs in order to be a perfect little worm. The most amazing thing about regeneration is that it knows when to stop. When does it stop? It stops when a correct salamander limb is finished. That's when it stops. If there's an end point towards which it works, you stop. Thereis nothing you could say about this other than that it's a goald directed process. This matches o william james at this amazing definition of intelligence. He said

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