archytas I can't pretend to be more learned than Rodger Penrose, but I can't see why conciousness can't be a very likely byproduct of evolution. Obviously our species was well rewarded for devolping the trait. It seems that a favorite survival development for species is specialization, which only gets you comfortable niche, until your environment changes.
Conciousness seems to be the answer to this, it gives us a theater to act appropriately in situations that have not happened to us as individuals, or even as a species. It's an amazing advange that gives us more longevity than being hardwired to respond to a specific evironment in a more effcient way. It sounds like you feel that conciousness is wasted on many individuals, or more succinctly, most people waste their conciousness. I can't disagree with that. The human species has a very interesting balance between contributing as an individual, and going along with the herd. Ever since I read 'Germs, Guns, and Steel', I can't stop thinking of the collective minds of the human race as several different colonies of bacteria giong through their own evolutionary process. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" 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/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
