[MD] MD 4th level - The more autonomous level

Arlo J. Bensinger ajb102 at psu.edu
Wed Dec 21 09:14:19 PST 2005


[Platt asked]
"Who uttered the first word?" "Who was first to make a sentence?" 
Who first put a word into writing? I don't think your answers will be "A 
committee." Do you see my point?

[Arlo]
"Words" are negotiated meanings, requiring at the very least two. A DIHI would
not "make a sentence", or develop words to put "into writing". Words, as
symbols, require social mediation and negotiation. Even the eariest, simplist,
symbolic utterances of cavemen were done between "two" individuals negotiating
"meaning".

Your question, however, reminds me of the "chicken and the egg". Its a
nonsensical question, really, because without more than one chicken, there'd be
no egg.

Arlo



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