[Ham]
Free-thought association, introspective revelation, acorn pancake
recipes and poetry fill the void of philosophic thought.
[Arlo]
Does this mean you are ready to answer the question "Is consciousness
hereditary?" You've stated that "consciousness evolves" both
historically (from genus to species) and developmentally (from infant
to adult). If consciousness is NOT something "passed on" from parent
to child, then what is the conduit for this evolution? If
"consciousness" is not tied to genetics or social processes, then
what is the nature of its "evolution" as it matures from infancy to
adulthood? If "consciousness" is a gift from "on high", a Great Poof,
then why did "on high" (whatever that is) bestow upon early
primate-man only a very rudimentary and unsophisticated
consciousness? Why would "God" have let countless generations of
early man live and die with an "unformed" or "underdeveloped"
consciousness? Our last thread involved examining "what changed?"
between pre-pre-primates with "no consciousness" and modern humans
with "consciousness", which I was finally able to draw your answer to
be "God (Whatever sits "on high") intervened and waved his magic wand
and, poof, primates that did not have consciousness suddenly had it.
Would you say that is correct? If not, I am still eager to hear your
views on "what changed?", since "consciousness" is such a central
part to your thesis.
Arlo wonders what Ham will "fill the void of philosophic thought"
with here? Given that you are now advocating philosophic thought, and
not other, lesser, forms of rhetoric, I hope your answers are devoid
of such attempts at evasion (including uncalled for personal attacks
after I had been nothing but civil) as in our last thread.
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