> On 28 Nov 2014, at 8:35 am, LizR <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On 26 November 2014 at 22:52, Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrote:
>> You need consciousness to develop intelligence, and you need intelligence to
>> develop competence.
>
> IN my humble opinion you don't need consciousness to develop intelligence.
> Large parts of our own brains behave intelligently - e.g. processing visual
> images - without being conscious. Evolution has developed (relatively)
> intelligent behaviour in animals and plants that are probably not conscious.
> The immune response is certainly more intelligent (in terms of keeping the
> organism containing it alive) than letting diseases kill it, but I doubt it
> involves consciousness.
>
Does this mean my Kiwi-designed new $2000 Fysher & Pykel fridge is intelligent?
Kim
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