Does this mean evolution is intelligent but (probably) not conscious?
On 20 September 2014 03:01, Stephen Paul King <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Bruno, > > I agree, this introduces the possibility that the "inhibiting or > activation of gene" aspect is the "running of the particular algorithm" > while the mutation and selection aspect might be seen as a process on the > space of algorithms. > > On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 9:04 AM, Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On 01 Sep 2014, at 17:57, Stephen Paul King wrote: >> >> Hi Brent, >> >> Have you seen any studies of the "Ameoba dubia >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polychaos_dubium>" that look into what >> their genome is expressing? >> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2933061/ seems to suggest >> to me the possibility that the genome is acting as a "brain"! >> >> >> Interesting. But in my opinion, you don't need dynamical change in the >> genome (deletion or addition of genes). The "usual" regulation (inhibiting >> or activation of gene) is enough. >> >> Bruno >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 3:05 AM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 8/31/2014 9:36 PM, Russell Standish wrote: >>> >>>> On Mon, Sep 01, 2014 at 12:24:37PM +1200, LizR wrote: >>>> >>>>> As per what I was saying about Watson (or whatever it's called), the >>>>> baby >>>>> needs to be immersed in an environment in order to develop any form of >>>>> consciousness beyond the rudimentary raw feels provided by nature - >>>>> that >>>>> is, it needs to be educated by interaction with the environment, and >>>>> with >>>>> other people (i.e. assimilate culture). >>>>> >>>>> This actually supplies a good reason for why we should find ourselves >>>> in a regular, lawlike universe. We can get by with a smaller genome, >>>> and learn the rest of the stuff that makes up our mental life, which >>>> is a more likely scenario (even evolutionary speaking) than having a >>>> large genome directly encoding our knowledge. >>>> >>>> Of course, that is only possible if in fact the environment is regular >>>> enough to be learnable. >>>> >>> >>> So that's why Amoeba dubia has a genome 200x bigger than ours? It must >>> live in a very irregular environment. >>> >>> Brent >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>> Google Groups "Everything List" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ >>> topic/everything-list/YJeHJO5dNqQ/unsubscribe. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Kindest Regards, >> >> Stephen Paul King >> >> Senior Researcher >> >> Mobile: (864) 567-3099 >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://www.provensecure.us/ >> >> >> “This message (including any attachments) is intended only for the use of >> the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain >> information that is non-public, proprietary, privileged, confidential and >> exempt from disclosure under applicable law or may be constituted as >> attorney work product. 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