(October 2, 2013 at 10:07 pm)bennyboy Wrote: The community totally behaves like a self-aware being. It changes its mores, it responds to crises, it even develops new ways to monitor itself (clay tablets, newspapers, Facebook). And parts of the brain are very much aware of each other-- some parts of the brain specifically have the function of monitoring the function of other brain parts.
I think basically you're special pleading-- awareness is what you define it, but any other thing that meets your criteria is faced with new conditions and criteria.
I disagree. Individuals monitor what happens in a community and individuals respond to crises, phenomenon explained by individual self-awareness. The community as a whole does not display self-awareness. It does not meet the criteria.
