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Re: Natural Entrances
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Geoff Manning <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 28 Oct 2013 14:34:00 +1100
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On 25/10/2013 6:59 AM, Walter Weller wrote:
> "Choice" is a matter of semantics.  To me, choice implies 
> consciousness. Without consciousness, an organism can react to stimuli 
> or exhibit conditioned reflexive behavior, neither of which is 
> "choice", although they may look like it. Consciousness is a 
> much-debated field, and personally I doubt that bees are ever 
> conscious at any time.  Not enough brain.


So what do we make of this?

http://jeb.biologists.org/content/216/21/iii


Geoff Manning

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