[MD] Re Proposed solution to SOL/Intellectual level

[David Thomas]

Andre,
> Krimel to Andre:
> The distinction between self and other is built into the genetic patterns of
> slime mold. The perception of the self as distinction from others
> begins in all human beings everywhere and everywhen around the age of
> six months. By 13 or 14 months all healthy human infants develop the
> ability to see the world from different points of view. They can see
> themselves as subjects and they can see themselves as objects. This is
> not an artifact of the Greek age. It is an artifact of being a human
> being on planet earth.
> 
> Andre:
> The notion of 'self' is an intellectual construction. The notion of
> 'other' is another intellectual construction. The notion of 'self' in
> relation to 'other' is another intellectual construction. To suggest
> that this is a universal intellectual construction is presumptuous.

[Dave]
If the most basic rules of biological life are, "Eat or Die" followed
closely by "Screw or Die Out", how is that life can do either with no
experience of "in here" or "out there"? It can't and science is locking this
down to as close to certainty as you can get.
 
If our ancestors could not tell the difference between an antelope out there
from a hand right here given how much easier "hand food" is to get, we
wouldn't be here. Thinking the hand is a form of reproduction still confuses
us from time to time though.

Dave