Date sent: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 18:53:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Dylan Durst <ddurst@levien.com> To: virus@lucifer.com Subject: Re: virus: Technology (was manifest science) Send reply to: virus@lucifer.com
> > There are many diffent kinds of processes. We are a recursively
> > self-conscious process, evolution is not.
>
> At the level that we view 'evolution' (your definition), I would say
> that you are correct. However, as everyone I know will agree, recursion is
> weird. Who is to say that our minds our at the bottom of the stack in
> 'self-awareness'?
>
Our conscious minds are the tip of the iceberg that breaks the
waterskin; we are unaware of most of our cognitive processing.
>
> I think i lost track of my argument, but, oh well, I'm interested in the
> last question more right now. And I'm =REALLY= more interested in
> memetics on this list.
>
> - dylan
>
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