[MD] Emergent Consciousness

[Steve Peterson]

Hi Arlo,

> [Steve]
> I don't understand why the Law of Gravity falls to
> the social level. I don't see
> why whether we can "localize" an intellectual
> pattern matters.
> 
> [Arlo]
> It doesn't "have" to. But if we populate the
> intellectual level with "individual
> human consciousness", where does that place, say,
> "calculus"? It's not
> "individual human consciousness", is it? Is it one
> level up? One level down?
> Same level? Does "calculus" have the same moral
> level as "Platt"? Greater?
> Less?
> 
> Foucault, I was saying, would likely place calculus,
> and all other symbolic
> constructs, on the social level as devices of
> normalization and conformity. We
> "hypnotize" children into believing them, so as to
> ensure conformity in thought
> among the population.

Steve:
I don't see the intellectual level as referring to
(populated by) human consciousnesses but rather by
ideas. If you want to define human consciousness I
think you would have to include awareness on all
levels as well Dynamic awareness.

Regards
Steve

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