Sorry Pat - I was crawling - thinking influencing you before publication would improve my image in publication - no point in trying post-publication.
On 6 Oct, 12:42, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > On 6 Oct, 00:50, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Surely I will meet you in the afterbook Pat - not because I am a > > saint, but because I am to crass to be embarrassed! I went out for a > > couple of pints last night to discover Bolton closed. This was my > > first venture for a couple of months and I'm afraid this sad town is > > in real trouble. The boozers don't really matter, but the heart of > > any opportunity for meeting in such a traditional way might. In pub > > one, one old mate now retired was waxing lyrical on the dismal owner > > being hated by 75% of potential custom and a bent clique running the > > social club and in number two I discovered three and four had gone > > 'bank' from two stray Irishmen. Industry is long gone here, along > > with much that made us something of a collective. Have I told you > > what a fine, pre-published fellow you are of late? > > Pre-published? You lost me there, unless you're referring to all > my book-related thoughts being dispersed amongst the pages of this > group. > > > > > On 5 Oct, 17:37, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 5 Oct, 16:24, Lonlaz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 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. > > > > Without it, we wouldn't 'know', much less, know how to act. It's > > > the only way to get 'thoughts/ideas' associated 'us' as individuals, > > > which is why I find it analogous to the 'bus' of a CPU: that which > > > fetches data between the data space (the mind of God as a pool of > > > abstracts) and memory (this hard-core 4-D universe). > > > > > 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. > > > > *sings*... Every thought is sacred. Every thought is Good....- Hide > > > quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
