From: skutvik@online.no
Date: Sat Nov 12 2005 - 08:18:57 GMT
Hi Erin
10 Nov. you wrote to
> 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?
I guess you have understood that "Sid" is the well known split
personality "Squonkstail"-cum-Mark Maxwell who has
metamorphosed again, now into "Buddha", his muddled logic
always tells on him.
Bo
>
> Erin
>
>
> --- siddhartha gautama < >
> 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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