01-23-2011, 02:01 PM
(01-23-2011, 10:34 AM)Bring4th_Monica Wrote:Here's a guess. The intent of any incarnation would be to maximize usable consciousness in order to evolve, and also do this in an efficient manner (try not to waste consciousness vs time provided).(01-23-2011, 04:29 AM)zenmaster Wrote: I hate to say this, but instinct has a genetic component. Those that 'fought to survive' propagated that information. It's not that complicated.
OK. But genetics were programmed by the beings who put us here on this planet. Why did they program such an instinct? And, why did they give the ability to flee from predators, to animals but not to plants?
There are different experiential modes of existence between plants and animals. Perhaps, to the plant-level consciousness (or 'plantness'), there is no awareness-evolving advantage to such an instinct because that flee action does not greatly modify what it means to be a plant (group of cooperating cells). Also plants might have a different experiential time scale, where they really don't 'get much out of experience' after a certain duration or cycles of being alive. The will and opportunity to use the will is much different in the plant than in the animal.