one tiny fragment of your interesting block of text caught my eye: > If you look at the behavior of lower organisms, bugs, lizards, things with basic brains an

one tiny fragment of your interesting block of text caught my eye: > If you look at the behavior of lower organisms, bugs, lizards, things with basic brains and nervous systems, all the behavior is reaction, there is no plan. Spider. "Portia" ~600k neurons. able to solve basic pathfinding problems to reach prey, avoiding detours. Here is Peter Watts' take on it: http://www.rifters.com/real/2009/01/iterating-towards-bethlehem.html http://www.rifters.com/real/2009/01/iterating-towards-bethle...