--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "off_world_beings" > > [...] > > > > > Gee, I wouldn't say order being imposed on a system > > > > > during analysis by an intelligence means the system > > > > > *itself* has intelligence. What about systems that > > > > > have never been analyzed by an intelligence? >. > > > > > > > > Can you name one? > > > > > > Hypothetical, obviously. Let's say a very > > > complicated solar system in a distant galaxy > > > that no sentient being has ever observed. > > > > You just defined the system ahead of time: "solar system." > > I don't think that's relevant to my point, > which was whether the system has inherent > intelligence.
The system was "devised" by intelligence. You have a definition of "solar system" that you use. Why do you include or exclude membership in a system? > > > What makes something part of OUR "solar sytstem," rather than part > > of another? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
