>All right, let’s take another example to mark the distinction- when we touch a hot saucepan we instantly pull our hand away, what kind of intelligence would yo

>All right, let’s take another example to mark the distinction- when we touch a hot saucepan we instantly pull our hand away, what kind of intelligence would you call it since it isn’t a goal-oriented intelligence? Maybe consciousness?! This is an amazing leap. The Intelligence in reflexes is the intelligence of the peripheral nervous system! Made up of motor neurons which can learn just like every other neuron! That the author would completely ignore the physical body as an intelligent system and jump to the muddy concept of consciousness, because it's been so ingrained that the brain is the only intelligent thing we have, continues to baffle me. Especially that the researcher is a Post-Doc at UCLA under Pearl!