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One would think an academic could comprehend what a 4-year old has 
no trouble understanding, namely, that in our world there are always 
atoms, animals and people around. Nor would a 4-year old have any 
trouble understanding that societies only change individual by individual 
and some individual has to be first,  That's even evident in the animal 
kingdom as a recent article in the NYTimes attests entitled, "Even 
Among Animals: Leaders, Followers and Schmoozers." Despite fear-
motivated protests by statists and collectivists, only individuals respond 
to DQ.

On 6 Apr 2010 at 14:19, ARLO J BENSINGER JR wrote:

> [Jon]
> But yeah, you do have to have a society in order for intellect to evolve.  As
> well as inorganic material and biological continuance.  Duh?
> 
> [Arlo]
> Well, it should be "duh", but it still confounds people, witness Platt's
> perennial confusion. Intellect does not emerge from biology, it emerges from
> the social world. Without that very clear aspect of the MOQ, you have a
> hierarchy that goes something like "inorganic-biological-intellectual (with
> social around screwing things up)".