Rusty Wiley wrote in message ...
>I think that it is important to recognize that Ray is identifying soul,
>brain and, I believe, intelligence as the same thing.
Not really. My interest is in the brain. I equate soul with mind,
intelligence is just another of a myriad of euphemisms for soul. I leave all
that to religion.
>To quote Ray "First design a brain that is alert and then ask if you
>may make it aware." We seem to have a problem with this because we know
>that we are aware and the same cannot be said for our own alertness.
I would argue that we are only aware of alertness in other organisms. I am
aware, you are alert.
Ray
Those interested in how the brain works might look at
www.wsg.net/~rscanlon/brain.html
