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From: "James P. Lynch III" <jlynch@oacs.nswc.navy.mil>
Subject: Re: Darwinian selection for intelligence (was Re: Computers--Next stage in evolution?) 
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> Definitions are often some of the last things to come out of research.
> --
> | Jason Trenouth       	       	       	 | WWW:   http://www.harlequin.com  |

According to system theory, one of the trickiest things to decide in 
building a system is to decide what's part of it and what's not.  
Probably the same thing with intelligence.  While the question(s) I posed 
(the demarkation between the intelligent and non-intelligent) are 
important to discuss (imho), the answer is probably much more complex.  
Intelligence has many dimensions, all of which exist on a continuum.  The 
intelligence construct and  level of a particular entity is important in 
relationship to its own environment and its position in it.  In other 
words, what does it need to be in terms of functions and performance and how 
much intelligence does it need to succeed.  


