Hmm interesting Horse ... you quite esaily interchange collective with social ... not saying you're wrong, just that we have some ongoing confusion between individuals and collections in any level, and the idea of social as a level.
Still have a problem with seeing intelligence as simply knowledge, part and parcel, yes, but more than that - I'd inlcude all the mental processes as well the content in intelligence. Would you see "knowledge" the same way ? Ian On 5/17/07, Horse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi David > > As I've been saying to Arlo and Ham (and others) I think that collective > knowledge is part and parcel of each level of the MoQ. What has been > termed collective intelligence is probably better termed collective > knowledge - more likely social knowledge. > I'm in the process of getting some thoughts together on this and > replying to Arlo's last post to me in order to toss around a few ideas. > The relationship between information and knowledge is, probably, > fundamental to how patterns of value are shared and create. > Religion is interesting as it appears to be, in many senses, an > extremely powerful social system based on malformed collective knowledge. > I also think that there are a number of forms of collective knowledge > that pre-date modern scientific forms - in fact modern scientific forms > would never have emerged were it not for prior forms of collective > knowledge. > > Cheers > > > Horse > > > > David M wrote: > > Hi Horse > > > > I am suggesting that there is collective knowledge > > in various forms prior to modern scientific forms. > > Forms of course that contain certain errors of > > self-understanding, e.g. religion. > > > > David M > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Horse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 12:59 AM > > Subject: Re: [MD] Collective knowledge and its social versus intellectual > > sources > > > > > >> Hi David > >> > >> I think I agree with you but my interpretation may be incorrect. Care to > >> elaborate a touch? > >> > >> Cheers > >> > >> > >> Horse > >> > >> > >> David M wrote: > >>> Hi Horse > >>> > >>> Useful suggestion. When our collective knowledge > >>> (whether seen as divine in origin, ancestral or mythic in > >>> origin) is put under questioning and suspicion then we > >>> have a more deliberate and intellectual approach to > >>> knowledge. > >>> > >>> > >> 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/ > >> > > > > > > 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/ > > > 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/ > 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/
