[MD] Social level for humans only

[David Thomas]

On 8/27/10 11:56 AM, "Krimel" <Krimel at Krimel.com> wrote:

> [Krimel]
> Perhaps you can explain how bracketing consciousness off as a separate
> ontological category does anything but make a worse mess than SOM.

[Dave]
At this point I certainly can't. I suspect Chalmers will try at some point.
To some degree RMP, and maybe all of science, over stigmatizes SOM. Given
how little was known about the workings of the brain and its relationship to
the body, the intuition to make this distinction has led to significant
progress in many areas of science. So the theory is not quite perfect, shit
none of them every are. Usefulness is about as good as we get.

Dave