[MD] Intuitive Reasoning?

[ian glendinning]

Gav, Ham,

Gav said
" ... our separateness from the rest of the world is an optical
illusion of consciousness. It is more accurate to see ourselves as
static
approximations of perpetual dynamic interrelationships that include us
and the whole planet, and beyond!"

I agree with that, but Gav, would you see, "more developed"
consciousness and intelligence in higher order mammals like ourselves.
What language would you use to charaterise that difference ?

Again. I also accept
"trees are self-organizing systems and as such are intelligent"
because of your "as such" qualfier. The genetic determination only
goes so far as to determine "a" Redwood tree, the specific individual
tree interacts with it's environment according to its genetically
determined starting resources, but the outcome is that of indiviadual
experience.

But you would accept that the intelligence (and consciousness) of a
Giant Redwood is different to that of a human. Same question really.
How would you characterise that difference ?

Ian