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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