Russell I notice in your book "the theory of nothing that there is a test for self awareness (Gordon Gallup) called the mirror test. Not many animals are known to have passed this test. However I wonder whether many more would if the spot painted on them actually was not odourless or indeed was an irritant. My point is that why should self awareness be measured by a response from signals from the eye to the brain rather than any other of the senses to indicate that the spot is present and therefore prompt the spotted one to look into the mirror to see what's what?
russell standish-2 wrote: > > > I have just submitted my "ants are not conscious" argument to a > journal, and to arXiv. If you're interested, the arXiv identifier is > arXiv:0802.4121. Please wait a few hours before trying arXiv, though, > until the paper is made public by the system. > > Cheers > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > A/Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) > Mathematics > UNSW SYDNEY 2052 hpco...@hpcoders.com.au > Australia http://www.hpcoders.com.au > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Ants-are-not-conscious-tp15738939p25418478.html Sent from the Everything List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
