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...speculation, at least. That's why this thread is situated in a philosophical context. I am most interested, actually, in the exact point at which the quality called "intelligence" arises in matter. The least contentious way to put this would be at what point within the "ladder of life" science will ultimately ascribe the beginning of consciousness and intelligence.
Let's say it would most probably be somewhere in the animal kingdom. Where exactly? I do appreciate each time intelligence is acknowledged by a scientific journal or report to exist in an animal other than man . That's the kind of thing that I see occurring more frequently. Basically, I see this as a redefinition of the concept away from simply an anthropocentric definition toward a more inclusive one. We've heard, as well, of the attempts to verify the existence of intelligence in the plant kingdom. I also have a natural intellectual curiosity in that.
As this process goes forward, I am - again - most interested in where exactly we will be deciding this quality is acknowledged to initially arise in living things and therefore, in the material world. I see living things as part of the material world. My interest is where and at what point exactly in the material world intelligence arises.
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