Re: Creatures / reading books

From: Chris Taylor (christ@ebi.ac.uk)
Date: Mon 25 Apr 2005 - 00:45:47 GMT

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    Sorry to be a pedant, but being of selective value (which I'd have to dispute anyway -- cf. the 'ICU' hypothesis -- except in the very young and/or cryptic for whom it is about the only option) says nothing about the generative mechanism for the behaviour...

    Incidentally, and tangentially really; in the super-cryptic young (esp. mammals, birds), do they tend to also be scent-free?

    Just conjecturing wildly anyway... :)

    Cheers, Chris.

    Bill Spight wrote:
    > Dear Chris,
    >
    >> picture the rabbit in headlights; does not compute = no relevant
    >> experience = no resonance with existing stuff and linked behaviours =
    >> no behaviour. An engineered mind would have a fight or flight default
    >> surely?
    >
    >
    >
    > Actually, freezing has survival value in the wild. Not only does it make
    > it at least somewhat more difficult to be seen, but in many predators
    > flight triggers the chase.
    >
    > There was a remarkable documentary recently about a young lioness who
    > "adopted" an antelope fawn. Presumably part of the reason was that the
    > fawn did not try to run away. It lived for some time, before being eaten
    > by another lion.
    >
    > Best,
    >
    > Bill
    >
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