Re: What is the evolutionary explanation of consciousness?

On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:35:45 -0500 (EST), j.wilkins1@xxxxxxxxx (John
Wilkins) wrote:

r norman <r_s_norman@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:38:34 -0500 (EST), j.wilkins1@xxxxxxxxx (John
Wilkins) wrote:

r norman <r_s_norman@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:25:14 -0500 (EST), "Stephen"
<stephen63@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Why do we have a conscience?


Are you asking about consciousness (as in the subject line) or about a
conscience (in the body)?

According to Shakespeare (and Hamlet) they are the same thing, and doth
make cowards of us all.

Unfortunately, the early folios were not peer reviewed before
publication so they can't be used as proper citations.

Not to mention the author was without peer. A true Marvell.

You are almost right. Shakespeare, himself, was not a peer, but the
actual author, the Earl of Oxford, certainly was.



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