----- Original Message ----- From: "Krimel" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 6:02 AM Subject: Re: [MD] Dynamic within static.
> [Platt] > Animals have memory but not the capacity to pass it on from one generation > to the next. What they do have is instinct -- a static pattern of behavior > without choice, preventing them from responding to DQ. Plants, ants and > antelopes are stuck. > > [Krimel] > One might as easily say that genetic memory, passed from parent to > offspring, uniquely prepares each generation with the capacity to respond to > DQ. > > mel: Animals DO have the capacity to pass on experience from one generation to the next. It is decidedly more limited than man's capacity, but present nonetheless. Look at the hunt-by-example display a mother bear/lion/wolf shows her young. It is not by words, but by actions. If it were purely hard-wired-instinct there would be no need to teach the young. The niche of some animals requires no additional teaching, but mammals, especially predators and their herd prey, often need to learn skills not in their bodies at birth. thanks--mel Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
