Comment on Those books are different from how I remembered…
merc@sh.itjust.works 3 months agoIt’s difficult to predict the path of a leaf floating in the wind, but I don’t think anybody would say a leaf has agency.
Comment on Those books are different from how I remembered…
merc@sh.itjust.works 3 months agoIt’s difficult to predict the path of a leaf floating in the wind, but I don’t think anybody would say a leaf has agency.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Orders of magnitude less difficult, as the leaf can’t glean your intent and respond accordingly.
merc@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Can you prove that?
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 months ago
That the movement of a leaf in the wind is less complex than the electro-chemical processes of a human brain?
With enough time and math, certainly.
merc@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
The point is, you were using the point that a fly’s movements were complex to argue that a fly has internal agency. But, a leaf floating on the wind also has complex movements. To me, that makes it seem like complex movements aren’t a solid indicator of agency.
If you’re now talking about dissection, that’s a whole different argument.