Mike wrote:
quote:
and not exercising dominion over the animals properly.
I think the animals would be hard pressed to think of any aspects of "dominion" we have failed to exercise as vigorously as possible.
Remember we wer enot given responsibility for care of the animals, but rather dominion. If we wish to put them all to the sword, we can. God gave them to us.
On intelligence:
Personally, I doubt that intelligence can ever be a fitness-reducing element. The principle of all these data systems is to extract meaningful, useful information from the array of signals. I canl;t see how improved clarity of comprehension can be detrimental to an organism.
It may well be true that its marginal benefits outweigh the calorie budget costs required; cost benefit relationships still apply. the more intelligence you have, the less they apply.
This message has been edited by contracycle, 10-29-2004 07:20 AM