[MD] expanded list Platt

[plattholden at gmail.com]

We disagree. Intelligence is not exclusive to social and intellectual levels. 
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On 26 Apr 2010 at 22:13, ARLO J BENSINGER JR wrote:

> [Arlo previously]
> Are you suggesting that Quality has "an integral intelligence"?
> 
> [Platt responded]
> Yes. Do you?
> 
> [Arlo then]
> What does this mean? If Quality has "an intelligence", does it "think"? Does it
> "plan"? Is it "self-aware"? If "no" to any of these, what does it mean that it
> has "an intelligence"?
> 
> [Platt]
> So you think Quality has no integral intelligence?
> 
> [Arlo]
> ?? Is this a way of avoid my questions? No, I do not think Quality has "an
> intelligence". Now, if you say it does, what does that mean? Does it "think"?
> "Plan"? Is it "self-aware"? If "no", what does it mean that it has "an
> intelligence"?
> 
> [Platt]
> Do you think cells have intelligence?
> 
> [Arlo]
> I think cells are biological patterns. They do not evidence social or
> intellectual patterns. So, no, I don't think cells "have intelligence".
> 
> If you think they do have "an intelligence", please explain to me what this
> means in distinction from the intellectual level of the MOQ.