ROGER ASKS PLATT FOR HELP!
Platt, Thanks for sharing the answers to the final! I guess I joined too
late, as I never saw that document or remember anyone talking about it. It is
absolutely precious.
Of course, I do have a few quibbles with it...... They are in points 5, 6 and
7. Now I finally find out about the roots to the "particles are aware"
conversation. The concern I have with all three points is the emphasis on
awareness across all levels. We seem to be using a definition of awareness
that ,at the least, is begging for clarification. Does it mean "attracted", or
"interacts", or "values"? Something else? Could you please help me with
this?
Thanks,
Roger
The points are as follows:
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5. The Awareness Hierarchy Principle.
Each higher level evolved from and included the lower but expanded
awareness. For example, the intellectual level can apprehend
mathematical patterns that the lower levels cannot. Also, all levels
possess, in addition to environmental awareness, an awareness of
values. Even a lowly virus knows what's good for it.
6. The Moral Hierarchy Principle.
Because higher levels are more aware, they are more moral than levels
below. Intellectual patterns take moral precedence over social patterns,
social patterns over biological and biological patterns over inorganic.
7. The First Dominance Principle.
Because a lower level is largely unaware of levels above it, it considers
itself to be the most moral and strives to dominate other levels. What is
moral and lawful at one level is often immoral and unlawful at another. For
example, biological laws defy the laws of physics.
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