On Aug 6, 2:23 pm, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 8/6/2011 6:30 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > > Exactly! It's up to us whether we determine behaviors to be isomorphic > > enough to our own intelligence to infer that it too experiences > > similar intelligence. That determination doesn't create intelligence > > in the object nor remove it. That's why the whole question of whether > > simulating a brain that seems intelligent to us really is intelligent > > is a red herring. > > > I have considered that our particular human intelligence may actually > > be an elaboration-evolution of the intelligence of our immune system, > > extended to extra-somatic threats. > > And pigs may fly because "fly" may mean to run along the ground.
Why wouldn't the nervous system make sense as an elaboration of the immune system? Neurons and T-Cells both come from stem cells, directly or indirectly, right? I don't know enough about it to commit to the idea, but I don't think that it's at all out of the question as the basis for hypothesis. It doesn't require that the definition of intelligence is reinvented. Craig -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
