[MD] Dynamic within static.

[ml]

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From: "Krimel" <Krimel at Krimel.com>
To: <moq_discuss at moqtalk.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 6:02 AM
Subject: Re: [MD] Dynamic within static.


> [Platt]
> Animals have memory but not the capacity to pass it on from one generation
> to the next. What they do have is instinct -- a static pattern of behavior
> without choice, preventing them from responding to DQ. Plants, ants and
> antelopes are stuck.
>
> [Krimel]
> One might as easily say that genetic memory, passed from parent to
> offspring, uniquely prepares each generation with the capacity to respond
to
> DQ.
>
>
mel:
Animals DO have the capacity to pass on
experience from one generation to the next.
It is decidedly more limited than man's capacity,
but present nonetheless.

Look at the hunt-by-example display a mother
bear/lion/wolf shows her young.  It is not by
words, but by actions.

If it were purely hard-wired-instinct there would
be no need to teach the young.  The niche of
some animals requires no additional teaching,
but mammals, especially predators and their
herd prey, often need to learn skills not in their
bodies at birth.

thanks--mel