[MD] is-ness

[Arlo Bensinger]

[Ham]
Free-thought association, introspective revelation, acorn pancake 
recipes and poetry fill the void of philosophic thought.

[Arlo]
Does this mean you are ready to answer the question "Is consciousness 
hereditary?" You've stated that "consciousness evolves" both 
historically (from genus to species) and developmentally (from infant 
to adult). If consciousness is NOT something "passed on" from parent 
to child, then what is the conduit for this evolution? If 
"consciousness" is not tied to genetics or social processes, then 
what is the nature of its "evolution" as it matures from infancy to 
adulthood? If "consciousness" is a gift from "on high", a Great Poof, 
then why did "on high" (whatever that is) bestow upon early 
primate-man only a very rudimentary and unsophisticated 
consciousness? Why would "God" have let countless generations of 
early man live and die with an "unformed" or "underdeveloped" 
consciousness? Our last thread involved examining "what changed?" 
between pre-pre-primates with "no consciousness" and modern humans 
with "consciousness", which I was finally able to draw your answer to 
be "God (Whatever sits "on high") intervened and waved his magic wand 
and, poof, primates that did not have consciousness suddenly had it. 
Would you say that is correct? If not, I am still eager to hear your 
views on "what changed?", since "consciousness" is such a central 
part to your thesis.

Arlo wonders what Ham will "fill the void of philosophic thought" 
with here? Given that you are now advocating philosophic thought, and 
not other, lesser, forms of rhetoric, I hope your answers are devoid 
of such attempts at evasion (including uncalled for personal attacks 
after I had been nothing but civil) as in our last thread.