>
> >And to call growth patterns in plants "behavior" and "intelligence" -- I
> submit that it is a misappropriation of the words, and ultimately cheapens
> their original meanings.
Which is exactly why I didn't use either of those terms. The terms that I
used were "learning" and "memory," both which occur in computers. The
point that I was trying to make is that neither of those phenomena
necessarily require the involvement of a brain. I find this observation
fascinating.
--
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com
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