[MD] Collective intelligence

[Micah]

Ian,

I was mostly interjecting my view on your behalf to Platt.

Micah





Micah,

You miss my point, the crucial "except".
I agree with you. The cat (almost certainly) has no self other than
one we as humans infer / project onto its behaviour.

Ian

On 5/14/07, Micah <micah at roarkplumbing.com> wrote:
> Ian,
>
> You and Platt have given your cats all the attributes of "self". "Self",
> like all concepts, is human and cannot apply to cats or any animals. That
> would require a non human point of view (there are no other points of
view -
> "point of view" itself is a uniquely human concept) and humans can only
have
> a human point of view, so to know that cats think is an affirmation of
> "collective consciousness" (which is not possible because I cannot be
anyone
> other than me or to quote the great philosopher Popeye - "I am what I am
and
> that's all I am!"; to assume, which you and Platt are doing, is
> anthropomorphization. Aaaaaand we're back! Man is the measure of all
things.
>
> Micah
>
>