On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 2:50 PM, Mike Tintner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Intelligence was > clearly at first *distributed* through a proto-nervous system throughout the > body. Watch a sea anemone wait and then grab, and then devour a fish that > approaches it and you will be convinced of that. The anemone does not have a > brain only a nervous system. > > You are trying to locate consciousness in one area of the body rather than > in the brain-body as a whole. It's clearly wrong. You - your self - and your > consciousness - are a whole body affair. Understanding this is vital not > only for understanding consciousness but also general intelligence and > creativity, as I have dealt with elsewhere
And this is why some definitions of both "intelligence" and "consciousness" would be nice. Trent ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=120640061-aded06 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
