MAggie and gary,
>Possible conclusion #2: MoQ posts that talk about social are talking
>about human social patterns of value. And what makes human social
>patterns of value human is the mediation of intellect and intellectual
>patterns.
>
>We can't observe any pristine social patterns, because "we" are
>contained in intellect. If we observe them, they have been mediated by
>our observation, which changes both the observer and the observed.
>
>However, we can deduce them from the animal world, from history, and
>from observation of our own layers of types of behavior that function in
>more primitive ways, even though these behaviors have since been pulled
>into control by intellectual patterns of value.
>
>cheers,
>maggie
Elliot:
I realized something similar while reading another post which reiterated
that the social level is subjective. Because we can only observe other
potential socieites "objectively" (such as ants), and we cannot make any
real guesses at their mythos and such, we must limit our discussion of the
social level to that which includes the intellect.
Cheers maggie
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