Quoting ARLO J BENSINGER JR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [Platt] > We, like Lila, individually consist of the four static levels of morality plus > the ability to respond to DQ. Your "body plus collective" bit is the world > according to Arlo. > > [Arlo] > Not at all. Indeed, as I have said, as embodied beings we have a certain > unique > experience that arises out of our biological embeddedness. We are also social > beings, engaging with others dialogically, and in doing so transform and are > transformed. A result of this collective activity (which is different from > "collective consciousness") is the emergence of socially-constructed > intellectual patterns. We then, in turn, assimilate these (along with our > ongoing appropriate of the collective consciousness). Of course, we are also > inorganic beings, but I think that the effect of our inorganic experience on > our selves is universal and rather fixed, so I don't mention it. Having said > this, you see, I certainly DO consider the "self" to be an emergent > referential > point based on inorganic, biological, social and intellectual experience; with > the ability to respond "intellectual-dynamically" based on the fusion of our > (I'll add this for sheer clarity) inorganic-bodily-kinesthetic proprietary > experiences and the appropriate of the collective consciousness.
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