RE: [xmca] Re: Dogs

[smago <smago@uga.edu>]

Sounds like the old "tree falls in the forest" thing.
But I suspect that this is a Western perspective. As I understand Indigenous perspectives in N. America, the rocks have a spirit of their own and don't need people to construct their social futures for them. p

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From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On Behalf Of mike cole
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 11:17 AM
To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
Subject: Re: [xmca] Re: Dogs

I posted this scholarly account of humans and rocks a while back. Seems to
suggest an answer to the co-evolution issue, Martin, although the gender
ascription and individualism are a little unsettling.
 :-)
mike
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*A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates
it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.*
Antoine de Saint-Exupery<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/antoinedes161736.html>

On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 6:58 AM, Martin Packer <packer@duq.edu> wrote:

> I turned on the radio this morning to catch the end of a news story about
> the co-evolution of humans and rocks! Does anyone know what they were
> talking about?
>
> Martin
>
> On Nov 10, 2010, at 10:33 PM, mike cole wrote:
>
> >> When one steps back
> >> and thinks of the quantity and scope of plants and animals that humans
> have
> >> domesticated
>
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