John > I say it just the opposite of you. The social is THE integral part of > intellectual emergence.
I am not proposing social is not an integral part of intellectual emergence just the opposite. I'm proposing the intellect (individual power and capability for knowledge and reason in the broadest sense) grows over time through group interaction (it may also evolve, progress, get better.) The knowledge acquired in this process is shared and builds up in groups both by oral tradition, old teach young, and artifacts until finally it is sufficient to tip over the edge into the intellectual level. This probably doesn't occur until a society has a written language and math. Further more who and what rises to the intellectual level is subject to some sort of a group selection process. Dave 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/
