virus: Re: virus-digest V2 #504

stephen fleming (steve_fleming@hotmail.com)
Tue, 07 Jul 1998 06:31:53 PDT


in reply to a criticism of Dan's "long words",

>>that arises from the balanced interaction of three distinct,
irreducible, fundamental components:
>> motivator
>> accumulator
>> facilitator
>>These three fundamental components are commonly referred to as
>>(respectively):
>> emotion
>> memory
>> intelligence
>
>yes, using different (and always more complicated) terms, you made it
>look like there is some progress, where there is none.

There is progress here... the first set of terms are at a higher logical
level than the second; the first apply to any conscious system, the
second are specific to life as we know it.
This is progress because it allows us to look at self awareness from a
broader perspective.

steve_fleming@hotmail.com

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