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ARTelevision · 12-20-2004, 08:47 AM

zen_tom, good contrib.

I'll tell you what though. In reference to the way positing intelligence as central to all this makes it sound - that it can be misinterpreted as something akin to nature knowing something, etc. - I think it's time we worked to banish the misconceptiions and get to the heart of the matter, here and elsewhere.

Why? Because these misinterpretations are rampant to a degree that people use them to thwart intellectual and - yes - scientific progress on this subject. IMO, once something is essentially pure intellectual pursuit and does exist on the frontier of scientific inquiry, it's time to de-mystify it and work through our prejudices and misconceptions. I see us doing that here in this thread and it inspires me that it is indeed possible to do so.

Thanks to all who've contributed here...

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ARTelevision I change Location: USA	zen_tom, good contrib. I'll tell you what though. In reference to the way positing intelligence as central to all this makes it sound - that it can be misinterpreted as something akin to nature knowing something, etc. - I think it's time we worked to banish the misconceptiions and get to the heart of the matter, here and elsewhere. Why? Because these misinterpretations are rampant to a degree that people use them to thwart intellectual and - yes - scientific progress on this subject. IMO, once something is essentially pure intellectual pursuit and does exist on the frontier of scientific inquiry, it's time to de-mystify it and work through our prejudices and misconceptions. I see us doing that here in this thread and it inspires me that it is indeed possible to do so. Thanks to all who've contributed here... __________________ create evolution Last edited by ARTelevision; 12-20-2004 at 09:54 AM..