I have noticed that sheep in Yorkshire really can't see cars. David M
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 1:53 AM Subject: Re: [MD] Collective intelligence > [Micah] >> you were describing what you thought [your cats] were thinking, >> essentially "thinking" for them. > > Start with a simpler example: my cat is doing what I call (correctly or > incorrectly) "seeing a bird". > Q1) Does the cat see anything? > A1) Yes, it is not blind. > Q2) Does it see a bird? > A2) Well, it sees something rather than nothing & the something it sees is > a bird, not something else. > Q3) Does it see the bird AS a bird? > A3) Probably not. > Q4) So then it isn't seeing a bird as I do when I see a bird. > A4) Right. My cat sees a bird like cats do when they see a bird, not like > I/we do when I/we see a bird. > Q5) So shouldn't you specifically say "My cat sees a bird like cats do > when they see a bird" & not "My cat sees a bird like I do when I see a > bird"? > A5) But why can't "My cat sees a bird" mean the same thing as the former, > since I never use it to mean the latter? > When I hold my cat up to the mirror, it sees a cat & not a bird. Which > brings us to (a rephrasing of) the original question: does it see a > different cat or itself? > Craig > > 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/
