> From: a [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [agi] The Grounding of Maths > > Mark Waser wrote: > > > > You have shown me *ZERO* evidence that vision is required for > > intelligence and blind from birth individuals provide virtually proof > > positive that vision is not necessary for intelligence. How can you > > continue to argue the converse? > It is my solid opinion that vision is required, just like your solid > opinion that vision is not required. I believe that intelligence > requires pattern matching, so visual pattern matching and spatial > pattern matching are the same. Arguing between this is purely religious, > inefficacious, unnecessary and counter-productive. >
Remember, blind people still have a third eye possibly the pineal gland as a residual functioning proto-eye and this may play a role in human intelligence. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_eye Personally though I see intelligence requiring neither vision nor spatial. What was the definition of intelligence again? ;/ John ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=53184513-b31380
