Liz: instinctive or learned? our instincts are not 'god-given', they developed by learning. Then you use my favorite put-down word: "adaptive". I see no 'adaptation' as assigned to (evolutionary?) mutations. *How* would a creature recognize benefit/disadvantage ratios to DECIDE what is good for her? then again: *How *would the offsprings remember and FIND WAYS to implement the GOOD - or eliminate the BAD (as they think of it)? then - *HOW* would they do it? (These are some steps for an adaptation). What seems (to me!) more rational: there are tendecies (pressures?) in the infinite world (of which we know only a tiny fraction - but are subjected to all) and our complexity responds to them as they expose themselves onto us. Given the momentary status with more, or less efficiency. The result of such change is what we may call (mutational??) adaptation in the coming generations. Good, or bad. The zebra-fish brain imaging (Chris) is a 'physical-world' representation of something more than a billon times simpler than our own mentality (if it is right to calculate proportions). I would be happy to see 'adaptive behavior' - or, 'strategic awareness' in the fish brain examined in physico/physiological numerical *data* comparison only. Does it point to *topical* features?
On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 7:04 PM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > V interesting, thanks! I wonder if this is an instinctive or a learned > behaviour (e.g. bee dances are complex but I imagine instinctive, like the > dear old spex wasp beloved of Prof Dennett. Animals (and birds, I think) > learning to take advantage of a novel situation is probably learning / > adaptive). > > > On 9 September 2014 10:23, Stephen Paul King <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/09/08/when-your-preys-in-a-hole-and-you-dont-have-a-pole-use-a-moray/ >> >> -- >> >> Kindest Regards, >> >> Stephen Paul King >> >> Senior Researcher >> >> Mobile: (864) 567-3099 >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://www.provensecure.us/ >> >> >> “This message (including any attachments) is intended only for the use of >> the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain >> information that is non-public, proprietary, privileged, confidential and >> exempt from disclosure under applicable law or may be constituted as >> attorney work product. If you are not the intended recipient, you are >> hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, or copying of >> this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this >> message in error, notify sender immediately and delete this message >> immediately.” >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Everything List" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
