What Exactly IS Intelligence? (The nature of a \'Creator\')

by David Turell , Friday, August 27, 2010, 16:54 (4984 days ago) @ romansh


> I'm not sure what consciousness is, and perhaps we can replace it with a word like "awareness" but I can't help thinking consciousness is not quite what it seems.-I'd like to jump into this discussion by pointing out that most definitions of consciousness use the word 'self-awareness'. My poodle is aware and he may stare out the window looking for movements of animals, especially squirrels, but how much thinking does he do about himself? A row of monkeys sitting on a bench at sunset in the zoo, are not going to comment on the beauty of the sunset; they are recognizing it is suppertime!-
 
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> So at which point do a sperm and egg move off the zero and become greater than zero during the development of a pre-zygote into a person? -'Person' means a human zygote. I'm not sure we can or cannot define a newborn as having a rudiment of consciousness, only the potential from future experience. -> 
> I noticed some comments on consciousness; so here is Susan Blackmore's observation on her personal consciousness. - Am I conscious now?
> http://www.susanblackmore.co.uk/Books/Tenzen/question1.htm-I'm not a fan of Susan. I've read her book "Dying to Live", with I believe its purposeful misinterpretations of medical reports of out of body and near to death events, observed by licensed physicians, who themselves had been doubters.
Either she is dishonest in her presentations, or ill-prepared to tackle the subject. Trying to concentrate on being conscious, 'nutty'.
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> Also some of the answers posted here to me imply that we must have free will? Am I being intelligent in my observation?-You are very intelligent. I'm a firm believer in free will.