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From: silber@voodoo.ucsb.edu
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Subject: granularity of intelligence
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Date: 16 Jun 89 17:20:53 GMT
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A number of previous messages speculated about the possibilty that
the process called earthly-natural-evolution is either intelligent
or a life-form in its own right or both.  This suggests to me questions 
about the
granularity of intelligence.  Does  intelligence require a certain
granularity which implies the existence of 'individuals' (distinguishable,
discrete, intelligent agents)?  If one does not insist upon a certain
'granularity' requirement, one just bumps into the notion of a 
big universal-mind-thing, or teleological totality.