[MD] Flying Spagetti Monsters

[Heather Perella]

Hello Ron,

     [Ron] 
> is there evidence of animals holding concepts
> independent of man?
> I WOULD THINK THE ANSWER WOULD BE "NO"  ONE WOULD
> THINK HUMAN CONCEPTUAL
> ORIGINS HAD ITS BEGINNINGS RIVALING THAT OF MODERN
> PRIMATES
> THE MIND SEEMS TO HAVE AN INTANGIBLE "QUALITY" THAT
> SEEMS NIETHER TO BE
> DEFINED NOR MEASURED
> BY ANY PHYSICAL OR CONCEPTUAL MEANS.
> THE MINDS FIRST AND ORIGINAL COGNITIVE PROCESS SEEMS
> TO BE DETERMINING
> WHAT IS GOOD AND 
> WHAT IS NOT GOOD.

     Not really sure if this is the first and original
cognitive process 'what is good and not good'.  For
example, a good for a human being may not be good for
say a bear, but if we are kind enough to understand
that this bear values this 'thing' as good, then even
though we don't find this 'thing' to be good in the
overall reality something values this 'thing' as good,
so, why wouldn't it be good?  In other words,
everything is valued by something, so, where does the
'not-good' fit in here?

     [Ron]   
> WHEN DEVELOPED THIS SEEMS TO
> ORIGINATE AND
> MANIFEST ITSELF AS ANALOGIE AND METAPHOR, DEVELOPING
> INTO "NAMING"
> AND COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE. CREATING A MICROCOSIM
> USED TO UNDERSTAND AND
> COPE WITH THE SURROUNDING
> ENVIRONMENT. THE MISTAKE IS CONFUSING THIS "METAPHOR
> OF THE MIND" WITH
> ACTUAL REALITY 

     What 'metaphor of the mind' might be confused
with actual reality?  How might you ever know actual
reality, following your line of thinking, if metaphor
of the mind disturbs (confuses) actual reality?  
  
     [Ron]
> WHAT SEEMS TO SEPERATE THE HUMAN MIND FROM OTHERS IS
> THE ABILITY TO
> CONCIEVE OF ITS OWN
> NON-EXISTENCE.
> ANY INPUT? 

     What is non-existence?    


Thanks,
SA

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