Ah, to relive the triumphant creation of the multicellular sexual organism's love/death with our own individual sexual being ultimately sacrificed on that most ineffable alter!
Let the zombie apocalypse join us in perfect harmony, a planet with one mind! On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 5:48 PM, OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson < orionwo...@charter.net> wrote: > Robin sez:**** > > ** ** > > >> ..they only need to follow the bird in front of**** > > >> them, while keeping their position to the right or**** > > >> left behind, as the case may be. This way the motion**** > > >> of the flock leader propagates back through the**** > > >> flock.**** > > ** ** > > Jed sez:**** > > ** ** > > > Except there is no leader.**** > > ** ** > > Indeed! Jed has hit it on the nail.**** > > ** ** > > For those who are still curious about this behavior, take a closer look at > some of the individual birds within these gargantuan flocks as they swirl > and morph about in the air. Whomever we might presume are the dominant > leader birds, their "leadership" is quickly rendered irrelevant seconds > later as the entire flock changes direction. There must be some other kind > of universal behavioral patters perceived within the each and every single > starling that is more likely responsible for managing this collective > behavior we perceive within the flock.**** > > ** ** > > Sometime ago researchers tried to develop accurate computer simulations of > Slime Mould behavior. Initially all of their computer algorithms assumed > there had to be a collection of dominant mold "cells" that must be > directing the behavior of all the rest of the mold cells. Eventually, they > discovered they had made an incorrect assumption. All they really needed to > do was program in a few simple behavioral rules into each and every slime > mould. One that was done they were able to better model the intricate > web-like patterns slime mold make.**** > > ** ** > > What interesting about this *emergent behavior* is the fact that it is > thought that the nerve cells comprising our complex brains also follow a > collection of simple behavior rules. All the nerves cells in our brains, > collectively, appear to manifest the same kind of *emergent behavior*that > ends up giving us a sense of our own individuality and autonomy. > **** > > ** ** > > A philosophical question we might wish to ponder is: Does every single > nerve cell within our own brains possess a unique sense of consciousness, > their own “self” awareness? I vote yes, they probably do however > fundamental or elemental it might seem from our perspective. I’m inferring > that our sense of self-awareness is actually the manifestation of a > *collective > hive mind* derived from the collective activity of all our nerve cells > working together as a unit – as a brain. And if that is the case, why stop > with our own brains as being at the exalted top of the food chain of > consciousness? Perhaps there is no end to the pyramid of consciousness, or > self-awareness. Evolution will find a way.**** > > ** ** > > Regards,**** > > Steven Vincent Johnson**** > > www.OrionWorks.com**** > > www.zazzle.com/orionworks**** >
