Do Cells know they're part of something bigger?

Crashfrog writes>>"Well i know I've made the case before that conciousness is a linguistic phenomenon, and I've not heard anything to disuade me"...Crashfrog is this from a previous thread I would be interested in reading more of this. I am beginning to think that conciousness is an emergent property of energy. As for whether or not cells "know" if they are part of something bigger we are back to "linguistics" again people must define what they mean by "know" And what is meant by conciousness. If "know" means the cells have tiny little brains that can think and acertain they are part of a larger organism then the answer is no. But if "know" means there is some metaphysical force generating some sort of cellular telepathy allowing the individual cell to "know" it is part of something bigger ; then again I believe the answer is no. I guess I do not believe cells "know".

You say toe-may-toe, I say toe-maw-toe..
I have a friend that believes rocks are "concious". I wish i could tell him maybe the rocks in his head. He contends that the conciousness they have is not perceptible to us therefore we do not think of them as concious. When you get right down to the nitty-gritty of what constitutes matter and reality I believe if memory serves that the current theory is atoms and subatomic particles behave in ways that are not 100% predictable. At the sub atomic level there is a sea of "quatum foam" and a reality exist where a pair of electrons can exhibit behavior that may seem "concious" an may bloody well be ... you spin right I will spin left. And if manipulated in a semiconductor to change spin regardless of how far apart they are the other electron instantaneouly changes its spin the opposing direction. So whats my point? Anything is possible in this wacky world. If my friend want to say rocks are concious on some level maybe he is right. But I wouldnt want to try and hold a conversation with one people may stare. Remember pet rocks??? LOL>