[betty boop]

"The reason his paper captured my attention is it was the only viable attempt (known to me) to offer a mechanism for the evolution of consciousness, i.e. the discussion of evolution centers around the biological."

Thanks for bringing Grandpierre to my attention, A-G. I've found several more of his abstracts on-line. Should give me some interesting reading!

Think I'll start with this one: "The Universal Organization Principle as Ultimate Reality and Meaning," located at

http://www.zene.net/grandpierre/200201/uram1.htm

Thanks again, so much! Hugs!

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you so much for the post and for that link! I just loaded it and read the abstract. It looks very interesting indeed. I'll read it right away.

[betty boop]

P, if you have the time (an iffy proposition these days, I understand; so hate to impose on you), please take a look at the link --

http://www.zene.net/grandpierre/200201/uram1.htm

I'm only on page three of 13 (+ footnotes); but have read enough to "conjecture" that you may find this of interest.

But if this ain't your cup of tea just now, then do feel entirely free to pass it by!