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From: kortge@Portia.Stanford.EDU (Chris Kortge)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Thought/Emotion/Feeling
Message-ID: <4349@Portia.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 12 Dec 88 05:56:05 GMT
References: <569@epicb.UUCP> <1146@arctic.nprdc.arpa> <1152@arctic.nprdc.arpa> <496@uceng.UC.EDU> <1154@arctic.nprdc.arpa>
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In article <1154@arctic.nprdc.arpa> bickel@nprdc.arpa (Steven Bickel) writes:
>  First, forget about the words "farming" and "agriculture". Now think
>  only about the cognitive processes that are needed for farming.
>  These same cognitive processes are used by the bushman of the 
>  Kalihari (spelling?) to collect and store water. These types
>  of processes have evolved significantly only in the last 10,000
>  years, and, have coincided with the development of language, which,
>  almost all primitive tribes have, and, therefore fit into the
>  farming period concept (last 10,000 years).  I should have used 
>  the concept of farming consciousness with more explanation.

Careful in how you word that!  I think what you mean is that language
evolved _by_ 10,000 years ago, not _after_.  If you really mean exactly
what you wrote here, you're crazy! :-)  This may be the reason for the
flack people have been giving you about your postings on this.

Chris Kortge
kortge@psych.stanford.edu