Re: US Presidents; an outside view WAS: Any comments? (Evolution - was Answers to Pete)

In article <1145992260.580774.193280@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Richard <riplin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Consider the use of a stick as a crutch in order to keep weight off a
twisted ankle so that a hunter might heal and be able to supply the tribe
with food.

Which may also be done without the stick, by sitting on a rock, or the
ground.

That there may be other ways to accomplish the end, Mr Plinston, does not
rule out that another, different method has been found.


Being able to see a stick in this manner adds value to it

It doesn't add value to the stick. It's still just a stick.

Are you arguing for a sort of inherent/absolute value, Mr Plinston? I'm
sorry I did not make it clear, 'value' as I am using it is a matter of
interpretation; metallic silver, for example, when it is just sort of
sitting around, has no value except for that which humans give to it. In
that the stick can now be seen as having another set of attributes - in
addition, say, to being potential kindling it is now a potential way for
an injured hunter to supply himself and the group with food - it now has
more value.

Putting
padding on the end and a rubber tip on it may add value, using it does
not add value.

Ahhhhh... 'using it does not add value'. We seem to have *very* different
assumptions when it comes to such; a conclusion drawn from your assertion
might be that using books has no value.


makes it useful to both the individual and the society; are you saying
that the first person who saw that this could be done consumed enough
resources to use up any gain this added function has ever given the
species?

It isn't the stick that gave the added function, it is just a stick, it
is the brain that used the resource in a novel way.

In this instance, Mr Plinston, the brain can do all it wants... but until
someone has a stick of the right attributes (diameter, length, etc.) then
the injured hunter sits at home and the potential for additional protein
goes wasted.

DD

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