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- From: dhenry@plains.NoDak.edu (David Henry)
- Subject: Re: Vampires-evil?
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 04:09:30 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov10.102225@IASTATE.EDU> ramirez@IASTATE.EDU (Richard G
- Ramirez) writes:
-
- >On the other hand, we humans consider a species
- >more intelligent if it is farther in the food chain.
-
- This human will assume that you meant farther "up" the food chain.
-
- >Thus, animals are more intelligent than plants,
- >presumably because animals feed on plants.
-
- It also helps that they have central nervous systems, brains, etc.
-
- >Within
- >animals, those who eat other animals (e. g. humans
- >and dogs) are more intelligent than insects and
- >molusks.
- >
- >Using this frame, vampires should be considered a
- >more advanced species.
-
- Using this frame, all parasites/predators are considered a "more advanced"
- species. Therefore, ticks (which feed on/"eat" humans) are more advanced.
- Tapeworms, too.
-
- If taking his analogy to the greatest extreme bothers you delicate a.v.
- types, then consider the monitor lizard (especially the Komodo dragon):
- definitely a more "primitive" life form than the mammals it feeds on, but
- on its islands, it is the dominant predator.
-
- The "frame" above is, IMO, flawed in precis.
-
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