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On 6 Apr 2001, at 12:28, Wade T.Smith wrote:
> On 04/06/01 10:58, Chris Taylor said this-
>
> >some sort of input is necessary
>
> 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...?
>
> Ain't 'mind' just a happy word to help define what our species does?
>
I prefer the term 'self-consciousness', and we share it; the great
apes also possess conscious self-awareness.
>
> - Wade
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