http://charbonniers.org/2008/11/24/occams-razor-and-rules-of-thumb/ A blog on consciousness by Janet Kwasniak Fri, 18 May 2012 03:18:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://charbonniers.org/2008/11/24/occams-razor-and-rules-of-thumb/#comment-117 Maria Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:14:47 +0000 http://charbonniers.org/2008/11/24/occams-razor-and-rules-of-thumb/#comment-117 Good points. It really seems a bit silly to try to make a very distinct separation between humans and other animals in terms of cognitive capabilities, when the unity among different kinds of organisms is an such a clear implication of evolution. I'm not sure what kind of an evolutionary mechanism would produce such a very clear-cut distinction between the entire animal kingdom, and one particluar species within it. Good points. It really seems a bit silly to try to make a very distinct separation between humans and other animals in terms of cognitive capabilities, when the unity among different kinds of organisms is an such a clear implication of evolution. I’m not sure what kind of an evolutionary mechanism would produce such a very clear-cut distinction between the entire animal kingdom, and one particluar species within it.

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