From: Erin (macavity11@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Nov 11 2005 - 05:08:27 GMT
Sid,
Your statements are anthromorphic but it is nothing
what I had in mind and I think you know that. If you
are going to respond to my question then respond to
it. Nothing you says really shows me how there can be
value without intellect.
For the umpteenth time I am not saying a tree is
intelligent like a human is intelligent.
So a brain is what is required for intellect to you?
And where did a brain com from...something
nonintelligent? How did that happen? Why are your
assumptions more reasonable?
Do you have anything to offer to back up your
assumptions besides assanine sarcastic suggestions?
Erin
--- siddhartha gautama <sariputra@hotmail.co.uk>
wrote:
> Erin wrote:
>
> >On a more serious note... it is hard for me to
> imagine
> >how any value does not involve intellect so to be
> >convinced that trees don't have intellect I would
> need
> >to be able to understand how value can occur
> without
> >intellect. It is hard for me to imagine how that is
> >possible.
>
> Yea, just the other day, in fact, my cat was telling
> me how he has finally
> figured out the optimum temperature at which he
> should drink his milk.
> Until then he had no idea whether he liked his
> little feline tongue scolded
> or not. Poor little bugger could hardly talk with
> all those blisters. Good
> job he's smart though because he has some dinky
> little algorithms worked out
> to stop it happening again.
> This kind of anthropomorphic indulgence seriously
> overburdens the term
> 'intellect' in my opinion. When we hear of a bunch
> of trees on the internet
> debating whether or not humans have intellect then
> I'll accept your
> difficult-to-imagine-otherwise proposition.
>
> And for those, including yourself, who don't think a
> brain is necessary for
> intellect, please invite a houseplant (only if it's
> qualified) to talk you
> through the procedure to surgically remove your
> brain and then report back
> to us to confirm the veridical merit of your
> conjecture.
>
> Sid
>
>
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