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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: The Philosopher who wrote (23097)	8/18/2001 10:41:28 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Excellently stated. I had not ever considered it that way. JLA

To: The Philosopher who wrote (23097)	8/18/2001 10:55:41 PM
From: 2MAR$	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Your premise and point are false and mistaken ... the element of "awareness" is both in the DNA which contains the blue-print for the growth of the organism and in the formation along the way thru birth , and in the completion of the wiring of the brain. But there is much more that completes the picture as a "human" is not fully formed at birth and a completly councious sentient being . There are an incredible amount of other stimulus and experiences that are necessary for the formation of that counciousness to form. Your point also that only human's have awareness and self-conciousness is false . Primates also demonstrate these qualities , somewhere near a 3yr old human level . What part of the evolution of counciousness as an ongoing process from conception thru birth and on , can't you imagine ? It is a vast ongoing process , that takes a human being thru all the stages of the developement from physical birth to continued formation of brain~body functions, motor-skills , perception , learning and experience that ultimately leads to a fully formed "human". Your faith that science has no answers is absurd , for many scientists especially in anthro-pology ,psychology, astronomy , physics and medicine are some of the more "aware" people I have met . It is your right to choose to have "faith" that science has no clue , but you then are living in a pretty complete vaccuum , Mr Hodgkin. don't implode please ! ;-)