Re: [Vo]:Conscious and self-aware animals

2008-11-22 Thread R C Macaulay
Howdy Jed, My favorite animal is the wolf. They creature apparently use a form of ESP for communication between members of the pack. In the far north wolves follow migratory animals and feed off the lag. They have been observed to split up and establish ambush positions along the migratory tra

RE: [Vo]:Conscious and self-aware animals

2008-11-20 Thread Rick Monteverde
--Original Message- From: Jed Rothwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 1:40 PM To: vortex-L@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Conscious and self-aware animals Mike Carrell wrote: >Jed is on the right track. two authors come to mind, Hofstadter and >Edelman [

Re: [Vo]:Conscious and self-aware animals

2008-11-20 Thread Jed Rothwell
Mike Carrell wrote: Jed is on the right track. two authors come to mind, Hofstadter and Edelman [a Nobel Laureate]. Hofstadter is author of "Godel Escher Bach" and "I Am a Strange Loop". I have read Edelman's "The Remembered Present" and am reading "Second Nature". All these books relate to t

Re: [Vo]:Conscious and self-aware animals

2008-11-20 Thread Mike Carrell
Jed is on the right track. two authors come to mind, Hofstadter and Edelman [a Nobel Laureate]. Hofstadter is author of "Godel Escher Bach" and "I Am a Strange Loop". I have read Edelman's "The Remembered Present" and am reading "Second Nature". All these books relate to the sudy of consciousnes