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> So far, we only have the evidence of primate sensory input and apparatus,
> and perhaps, (perhaps...) cultural input- can we ascertain, as yet, when
> this mind thingee actually happened? In the caves or in the trees? Before
> language or after it? Before or after we lost our hair...?
*That* is a thorny one. I think we can stick with mind as a useful
concept, when this far our side of the line, but where the line is, how
fuzzy it is, and what the poor automatons are like the other side of it,
I can only offer guesses (I think a model of self is key). Nice meaty
issue there for a follow-on thread methinks...
Have a nice weekend. Chris.
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