Re: Sentience: one species per planet

Posted By: Discordia (cx312661-a.santab1.ca.home.com)
Date: 1/28/2001 at 11:14 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Sentience: one species per planet (David Bricker)

: But let me say this. I'm left as unimpressed by our
: species' sentience as I am by our species' attempts at
: defining it. That doesn't mean we aren't special. And
: it doesn't mean our cousins and flippered friends are
: close to us intellectually, as much as some of us
: ::pokes SD: would like to create the concept of the
: BIG HAPPY WORLD OF WILDLIFE in the image of Disney's
: Bambi (minus the hunting scene).

Y'know, one of the most interesting things in humans is their paradoxical pride at ebign sentient. We take pride at our status as the only things that are self aware/superior/cogniscent/whatever we believe puts us above other animals, yet we're so lonely on tope that we're constantly trying to either find something else that's like us intelligence-wise (hence koko and those wierd alien watchers) or try to eradicate everything in a fit of superiority.

Bleh :P

-Disc

Messages In This Thread

• Sentience
  DingoAteMyBaby (cx814033-a.tulsa1.ok.home.com) -- 1/25/2001 at 10:12 p.m.
  • lol!
    David Bricker (cc559987-a.hwrd1.md.home.com) -- 1/26/2001 at 6:19 a.m.
    • Re: lol!
      SiliconDream =PN= (as3-2-64.HIP.Berkeley.EDU) -- 1/26/2001 at 11:41 a.m.
      • Re: lol!
        DingoAteMyBaby (cx814033-a.tulsa1.ok.home.com) -- 1/26/2001 at 3:41 p.m.
        • Grrrr!
          Feline (ch6smc.bellglobal.com) -- 1/26/2001 at 6:29 p.m.
          • Re: Grrrr!
            DingoAteMyBaby (cx814033-a.tulsa1.ok.home.com) -- 1/26/2001 at 6:42 p.m.
        • Re: lol!
          SiliconDream =PN= (as3-1-59.HIP.Berkeley.EDU) -- 1/27/2001 at 1:12 a.m.
          • Re: lol!
            DingoAteMyBaby (cx814033-a.tulsa1.ok.home.com) -- 1/27/2001 at 8:39 a.m.
            • Re: lol!
              SiliconDream =PN= (as3-1-174.HIP.Berkeley.EDU) -- 1/28/2001 at 1:19 a.m.
              • Sentience: one species per planet
                David Bricker (cc559987-a.hwrd1.md.home.com) -- 1/28/2001 at 9:21 a.m.
                • Re: Sentience: one species per planet
                  SiliconDream =PN= (as3-2-22.HIP.Berkeley.EDU) -- 1/28/2001 at 2:01 p.m.
                  • Re: Sentience: one species per planet
                    David Bricker (cc559987-a.hwrd1.md.home.com) -- 1/28/2001 at 9:42 p.m.
                    • Re: Sentience: one species per planet
                      DingoAteMyBaby (cx814033-a.tulsa1.ok.home.com) -- 1/28/2001 at 10:03 p.m.
                      • For you, DAMB
                        David Bricker (cc559987-a.hwrd1.md.home.com) -- 1/29/2001 at 6:48 a.m.
                        • Re: For you, DAMB
                          DingoAteMyBaby (cx814033-a.tulsa1.ok.home.com) -- 1/29/2001 at 4:23 p.m.
                    • Re: Sentience: one species per planet
                      Discordia (cx312661-a.santab1.ca.home.com) -- 1/28/2001 at 11:14 p.m.
                    • Re: Sentience: one species per planet
                      SiliconDream =PN= (as3-1-120.HIP.Berkeley.EDU) -- 1/28/2001 at 11:56 p.m.
                      • Re: Sentience: one species per planet
                        David Bricker (162.129.225.141) -- 1/29/2001 at 9:45 a.m.
                        • Re: Sentience: one species per planet
                          SiliconDream =PN= (emf-60.Berkeley.EDU) -- 1/29/2001 at 5:22 p.m.
                          • Re: Sentience: one species per planet
                            lank (lisax1-100.dialup.optusnet.com.au) -- 1/30/2001 at 8:18 a.m.
                            • Re: Sentience: one species per planet
                              David Bricker (162.129.225.141) -- 1/30/2001 at 9:32 a.m.
                              • Re: Sentience: one species per planet
                                lank (lisax1-018.dialup.optusnet.com.au) -- 1/31/2001 at 6:19 a.m.
                                • Re: Sentience: one species per planet
                                  David Bricker (cc559987-a.hwrd1.md.home.com) -- 1/31/2001 at 6:57 a.m.
                                  • Re: Sentience: one species per planet
                                    lank (lisax1-094.dialup.optusnet.com.au) -- 2/1/2001 at 8:04 a.m.
                    • Re: Sentience: one species per planet
                      Forrest of B.org (term1-27.vta.west.net) -- 1/29/2001 at 2:13 a.m.
                      • Re: Sentience: one species per planet
                        David Bricker (162.129.225.141) -- 1/29/2001 at 8:37 a.m.
                        • Re: Sentience: one species per planet
                          tiger (ool-18bc7ff7.dyn.optonline.net) -- 1/29/2001 at 10:14 p.m.
                          • Of chance, and God
                            Forrest of B.org (term1-10.vta.west.net) -- 1/30/2001 at 12:06 a.m.
                            • Re: Of chance, and God
                              ArcAngel (1Cust29.tnt1.stafford.tx.da.uu.net) -- 1/30/2001 at 1:54 a.m.
                              • Why not both? (nt)
                                David Bricker (cc559987-a.hwrd1.md.home.com) -- 1/30/2001 at 6:53 a.m.
                              • Re: Of chance, and God
                                Forrest of B.org (term1-5.vta.west.net) -- 1/31/2001 at 12:29 a.m.
                            • Re: Of chance, and God
                              David Bricker (cc559987-a.hwrd1.md.home.com) -- 1/30/2001 at 6:57 a.m.
                              • Re: Of chance, and God
                                lank (lisax1-100.dialup.optusnet.com.au) -- 1/30/2001 at 8:42 a.m.
                                • Re: Of chance, and God
                                  David Bricker (162.129.225.141) -- 1/30/2001 at 9:17 a.m.
                                  • ^--- four *spatial* dimensions, btw
                                    David Bricker (162.129.225.141) -- 1/30/2001 at 9:18 a.m.
                                  • Re: Of chance, and God
                                    SiliconDream =PN= (as3-2-142.HIP.Berkeley.EDU) -- 1/30/2001 at 1:04 p.m.
                                    • Space, time, god, and sex (not really)!
                                      Smasher (c1282351-a.smateo1.sfba.home.com) -- 1/30/2001 at 11:11 p.m.
                                      • Re: Space, time, god, and sex (not really)!
                                        Ares™ (adsl-78-132-152.btr.bellsouth.net) -- 2/1/2001 at 8:54 p.m.
                                      • Re: Space, time, god, and sex (not really)!
                                        SiliconDream =PN= (as3-1-160.HIP.Berkeley.EDU) -- 2/2/2001 at 1:54 a.m.
                                        • Sex, drugs, and theoretical physics
                                          Forrest of B.org (term1-27.vta.west.net) -- 2/2/2001 at 2:56 a.m.
                                          • Re: Sex, drugs, and theoretical physics
                                            Joyeuse™ (ptp113.kctc.net) -- 2/2/2001 at 3:28 a.m.
                                          • Re: Sex, drugs, and theoretical physics
                                            SiliconDream =PN= (as3-2-104.HIP.Berkeley.EDU) -- 2/2/2001 at 3:54 a.m.
                              • Re: Of chance, and God
                                Forrest of B.org (term1-5.vta.west.net) -- 1/31/2001 at 12:35 a.m.
                        • Re: Sentience: one species per planet
                          Forrest of B.org (term1-10.vta.west.net) -- 1/29/2001 at 11:21 p.m.
                          • language learning.
                            griefmop (a19.pm3-14.theriver.com) -- 1/30/2001 at 11:52 a.m.
                            • Re: language learning.
                              SiliconDream =PN= (as3-2-142.HIP.Berkeley.EDU) -- 1/30/2001 at 1:30 p.m.
                              • Re: language learning.
                                griefmop (a9.pm3-22.theriver.com) -- 1/31/2001 at 5:37 p.m.
      • Re: lol!
        David Bricker (cc559987-a.hwrd1.md.home.com) -- 1/26/2001 at 4:03 p.m.
        • Re: lol!
          Forrest of B.org (term1-11.vta.west.net) -- 1/26/2001 at 11:05 p.m.
          • Re: lol!
            necrolyte (cm-24-142-54-27.cableco-op.ispchannel.com) -- 1/27/2001 at 2:49 a.m.
            • Re: lol!
              DingoAteMyBaby (cx814033-a.tulsa1.ok.home.com) -- 1/27/2001 at 8:46 a.m.
              • Re: lol!
                Smasher (c1282351-a.smateo1.sfba.home.com) -- 1/27/2001 at 12:13 p.m.
          • Re: lol!
            Martel (dialup.62-172-23-97.tesco.net) -- 1/27/2001 at 10:16 a.m.
    • Re: lol!
      DingoAteMyBaby (cx814033-a.tulsa1.ok.home.com) -- 1/26/2001 at 3:34 p.m.

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