> > What is intent? Is it will to live, is it desire for desire,
> > is it cooperative effort, is it a memetic pattern which "prefers" one
> > adaptation over another? Or, do humans not have intent? (Brett)
> What I was asking is at what level does "conscienciousness" (intent, choice,
> complexity, etc.) arrise? If at the level of humanity, then why not at the
> level of genetics? (Brett)
Well, we can approach this two ways:
1) We can /assume/ that consciousness is something humans have that genes
don't and then go about looking at the differences between a human and a
gene (brain size, meme use, etc).
2) Or we can look at what "consciousness" is and try to see what would be
necessary for it to exist in a given environment (a brain or a DNA
chain).
Which route suits you? Or should we branch this thread into two and
explore both simultaneuosly?
-Prof. Tim