Keep in mind that behaviour is in a different class than deliberate
communication ...
My cat learning my schedule, for instance, and always waiting at the
same time in the same place for me to feed him is an example of some
kind of memetic modelling of his outside world without overt
communication. Wolves' modelling of the state of their pack, in knowing
when to go for the leader, etc, would seem to represent another form.
The complex social mores of primates, while being pre-communicable in
level are an example of a boundary set of behaviours.
Animals are clearly capable of creating internal models far more complex
than their ability to communicate them.
--
Alexander Williams{thantos@alf.dec.com/zander@photobooks.com}
The Mekton is a powerful tool, both physically and emotionally.
There is something that happens to an enemy when he sees his home
and family stepped on by a hundred ton metal man. -- Arkon Verian
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Of all the weapons of the Empire, the greatest and most respected
were the Metal Knights. These Knights had served the leaders of the
Bendar for Generations, righting wrongs and bringing fear to the
Empire's Enemies. It is said that these metal giants were shaped
like men so that the alien servants of Evil would know that it was
Man who defeated them.
-- Scribings from the Murian Archives