> This depends on how you define and measure complexity. Information
> processing is a different matter. Cows can't cope conceptually, and humans
> can. Since conceptual coping is much more powerful than mere PERceptual
> coping, we are functionally more complex than cows, by vast amounts. That's
> why I can program a computer, write a book, drive a car, FIX a car, use the
> Internet, dispute points of science and philosophy with other people, and
so
> on, while cows, even if they had human-like hands, would still be basically
> not much more than grass-munchers.
Actually, anatomical and neurological studies would indicate that your
conclusion is not valid. Simply listing a series of human accomplishments
that cows have not been able to emulate is not sufficient evidence that
humand are functionally more complex.
However, "conceptual coping" is not a neurological term; would you please
define it and give an example or two?
Kevin L. O'Brien