[MD] How would we know?

[Dan Glover]

Horse,

Thank you for sharing a great article.It blends in well with Verne
Dusenberry and his love for the Rocky Boy Indians. I would venture to
say that one of our most treasured traits is seeing our own culture as
the epitome of civilization. Jan-Anders well thought out response to
my little jeu de mot in reference to Ant's post (Dr. McWatt's advice
to his unknown student) only confirms that... what we do not
understand we deride and defame in order to make our own selves feel
superior.

Thanks a bunch,

Dan

On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 4:30 AM, Horse <horse at darkstar.uk.net> wrote:
> Hi All
>
> "The interpretation of behaviour remains subject to the bias of the
> observer; one observer can classify behaviour as intelligent, and a second
> observer will dismiss the same behaviour as instinctive. There is also the
> tendency to be anthropomorphic -- to attribute human feelings and motives to
> the behaviour of non humans. Until we can actually talk with a non-human, it
> is difficult, if not impossible, to do anything but speculate on what is
> being thought or perceived. We cannot even understand with any certainty
> what a human being from a different culture, speaking a different language,
> may be thinking or perceiving. Even among people of our own culture,
> language, class, or academic standing, it is a formidable task to peer
> inside the workings of the brain. In this respect all brains other than our
> own are alien, and I might venture to add that the inner workings of our
> individual brains are still a mystery to each of us that possess one."
> Captain Paul Watson - Sea Shepherd
>
> For those of you with Facebook accounts here's an interesting link:
>
> https://www.facebook.com/captpaulwatson/posts/10152578876705932:0
>
> It's about intelligence in other species relating to brain size and makes
> some extremely interesting points.
> Are we confusing technological know-how with intellect and, if we meet a
> species with superior intellect, how would we be able to recognise this let
> alone experience it?
>
> Cheers
>
> Horse
>
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