[MD] Quantum computing

craigerb at comcast.net craigerb at comcast.net
Wed Apr 4 13:56:22 PDT 2007


> "Just when the evolution of the intellectual level from the social level took 
> place in history can only be speculated on" (RMP)
 
> "Cavemen are usually depicted as hairy, stupid creatures who don't do much, 
> but anthropological studies of contemporary primitive tribes suggest that stone 
> age people were probably bound by ritual all day long. There's a ritual for 
> washing, for putting up a house, for hunting, for eating and so on; so much so 
> that the division between 'ritual' and 'knowledge' becomes indistinct. In 
> cultures without books ritual seems to be a public library for teaching the 
> young and preserving common values and information. 
> These rituals may be the connecting link between the social and intellectual 
> levels of evolution." (RMP, Lila, Cap. 30) 
 
[Magnus]
> Can you elaborate on the significance of that quote in this thread? 


The second quote (from "Lila") relates to the first quote.  The first quote is from
http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/2007-March/011619.html
Bo's posting for this thread on March 8.
"Better late, than never."
Craig 


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