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"EarlCox" <earlcox@earlcoxreports.com> wrote in message news:<_jclc.52665$6m4.5904436@twister.southeast.rr.com>...
> Some recent articles in Science and Nature show that the great apes, dogs,
> and some birds (such a the African Grey) appear to have a sense of self and
> a sense of self-awareness (hence an ego). Perhaps not as keenly developed as
> ours, but never-the-less, they have an ego.
> 
> Earl

Cool.


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> Earl Cox
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> AUTHOR:
> "The Fuzzy Systems Handbook" (1994)
> "Fuzzy Logic for Business and Industry" (1995)
> 
> "Beyond Humanity: CyberEvolution and Future Minds"
> (1996, with Greg Paul, Paleontologist/Artist)
> 
> "The Fuzzy Systems Handbook, 2nd Ed." (1998)
> "Machine Intelligence Tools for Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery"
> (due Early Summer 2004)
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> "Hostman Brevis" <apocalypse_zero@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:caeecb67.0405021041.2bb465de@posting.google.com...
> > John  Ings <nodamned@spam.org> wrote in message
>  news:<kpr990p0opijnkk00krcu4jjb9t061sj3f@4ax.com>...
> > > On 2 May 2004 02:00:23 -0700, apocalypse_zero@hotmail.com (Hostman
> > > Brevis) wrote:
>  
> > > And egotistical, self-serving arguments usually aren't given much
> > > respect in honest debate.
> >
> > We (humans) are the only beings who have 'ego' (consciousness of our
> > own identity). Creating virtual 'ego' for other animals (as you do) is
> > laughable in any seriously honest discussion and shows you promote
> > your own best interests instead (getting 'equal rights' for e.g.
> > worms) by creating these false associations. That's the truth. Things
> > that are not there, should not be said. Humans have ego's, animals
> > don't. The bottom line is: it is wrong to view from a virtual 'ego'
> > perspective of a worm (e.g.) to see if we humans are a plague or not,
> > or to be superior or not simply because there isn't such a thing as a
> > virtual 'ego' (as you say). I'm as honest and objective as I can be.
> > Evolution happened, the bible is book of tales, animals are inferior
> > and 'God' is irrelevant period.
> >
> >
> > > >There IS no one else, so it doesn't need to be affirmed. We can say
> > > >anything we want.
> > >
> > > With questionable credibility.
> > See above.