From: Mati Palm-Leis (mpalm@merr.com)
Date: Thu Oct 09 2003 - 13:01:29 BST
David,
I would like to point out a couple things. The S/O divide has existed
without knowing about it. As far of the dog example the S/O divide
exists for the dog even though he doesn't know it. As I see it social
level is when living organisms have the capacity for "social learning"
or the capacity of being to communicate and learn from one another.
Many biological animals exist on the social level in its most primate
ways. Your "Social" interaction with your dog is evidence of that.
Human beings have developed some of the most sophisticated forms of
communications by developing language. Language and the understanding of
the future itself did not break the social level into the intellectual
level but in my humble estimation created the fertile ground to do so.
Language, or the manipulation of symbols did give us the capacity to
recognize the S/O divide and in doing so, broke unto the other side into
the intellectual level. For the dog the S/O divide is seamless and for
us it is not. SOM drove that wedge that created that reality for us, not
language itself. As far as the future is concerned it to doesn't change
fact, but it is interesting to think about it.
Mati
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