Hi Platt, > > Another way to look at the evolution of levels is to presume the inorganic > level possessed the seeds of life which blossomed into dominance of that > level. > Likewise, human societies contained the seeds of intellect which grew to > dominate that level. So, I wouldn't be too quick to throw the baby out with > the > bathwater. > I'm aware of the religious arguments to this affect for both life and/or mind before the inorganic. I have also read Alexander's nonreligious approach that claims that some tiny degree of life can be described mathematically even at the quantum level. I don't understand it, but I know it's out there. I certainly have no problem considering "seeds of intellect" at the biological level then we might be getting some where. But I can't claim to know where "where" is :-)
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