parsimony/biology

[Phil Bunch]

Indeed. Tacks are processes one should avoid sitting on ;-)

>Phil Bunch wrote:
>
>> The distinction between a conceptualized "individual" and a process
is
>> crucial.  The human brain processes sensory information and
organizes
>> it into a model of the "outside" world.  In doing so it must
simplify
>> a very complex, ever changing array of events.  What we think of as
a
>> thing or individual is actually nothing but a process or set of
>> processes.
>
>This reminds me of the philosopher who was said to have proposed that
all
>direct sensation was an illusion. Still he lept up into the air when
he
>sat on a tack!
>
>:-)
>
>don
>Don McAllister
>