[MD] (MD] Collective intelligence

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting ARLO J BENSINGER JR <ajb102 at psu.edu>:

> [Platt]
> We, like Lila, individually consist of the four static levels of morality plus
> the ability to respond to DQ.  Your "body plus collective" bit is the world
> according to Arlo. 
> 
> [Arlo]
> Not at all. Indeed, as I have said, as embodied beings we have a certain unique
> experience that arises out of our biological embeddedness. We are also social
> beings, engaging with others dialogically, and in doing so transform and are
> transformed. A result of this collective activity (which is different from
> "collective consciousness") is the emergence of socially-constructed
> intellectual patterns. We then, in turn, assimilate these (along with our
> ongoing appropriate of the collective consciousness). Of course, we are also
> inorganic beings, but I think that the effect of our inorganic experience on
> our selves is universal and rather fixed, so I don't mention it. Having said
> this, you see, I certainly DO consider the "self" to be an emergent referential
> point based on inorganic, biological, social and intellectual experience; with
> the ability to respond "intellectual-dynamically" based on the fusion of our
> (I'll add this for sheer clarity) inorganic-bodily-kinesthetic proprietary
> experiences and the appropriate of the collective consciousness.

Any chance you can restate this in plain English?



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