>I used to promote the idea of global meta-consciousness, and talked/thought
>about Group Nervous Systems which functioned as the interaction of Central
>Nervous Systems, and processed information in similar ways. A lot of people
>hammered me though, saying (rightly) that there was no evidence to back up
>my ideas, to distinguish them from "just" analogies.
Analogies are great. Of course we are all cells of a big organism -- what
other evidence than the fact that we all interact is needed? Although it
does not mean that GNS is intelligent. Using analogy of living organisms,
its complexity is probably far from a bacteria.
>My favourite joke defense of GNS theory was that maybe global consciousness
>hasn't bootstrapped yet, and won't do until most people think "Global
>consciousness exists, and I am part of it- Gaia knows herself!"
Gaia needs millions of new jars... Well, the Net is growing.
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>MAIL YEN!
You are both, you are just hiding the female part of you. As soon as you
let her come out, I'm sure you will think more and speak less. Make peace
with her. It's worth it.
Regards, Tadeusz (Tad) Niwinski from planet TeTa
tad@teta.ai http://www.teta.ai (604) 985-4159