[MD] Collective intelligence

[David M]

I have noticed that sheep in Yorkshire really can't see cars.

David M


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Subject: Re: [MD] Collective intelligence


> [Micah]
>> you were describing what you thought [your cats] were thinking, 
>> essentially "thinking" for them.
>
> Start with a simpler example:  my cat is doing what I call (correctly or 
> incorrectly) "seeing a bird".
> Q1) Does the cat see anything?
> A1) Yes, it is not blind.
> Q2) Does it see a bird?
> A2) Well, it sees something rather than nothing & the something it sees is 
> a bird, not something else.
> Q3) Does it see the bird AS a bird?
> A3) Probably not.
> Q4) So then it isn't seeing a bird as I do when I see a bird.
> A4) Right. My cat sees a bird like cats do when they see a bird, not like 
> I/we do when I/we see a bird.
> Q5) So shouldn't you specifically say "My cat sees a bird like cats do 
> when they see a bird" & not "My cat sees a bird like I do when I see a 
> bird"?
> A5) But why can't "My cat sees a bird" mean the same thing as the former, 
> since I never use it to mean the latter?
> When I hold my cat up to the mirror, it sees a cat & not a bird.  Which 
> brings us to (a rephrasing of) the original question: does it see a 
> different cat or itself?
> Craig
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