<div>In this amazing discussion, which I accidentally listened to last night from Radio Australia on short wave, it is suggested that "mind" was present in early stages of evolution, in the behavior of bacteria... The definition of what organisms manifest "intelligence" or "mind" are still open questions... The audio of this discussion can be listened to from the website below:</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/rn/allinthemind/stories/2009/2734062.htm">http://www.abc.net.au/rn/allinthemind/stories/2009/2734062.htm</a></div>
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<div>From website above:</div>
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<p>We can't survive without them -- and we've long underestimated their prowess. Controversially, bacteria could even have cognitive talents that rival our own. Predatory behaviour, cooperation, memory -- Jules Verne eat your heart out -- Natasha Mitchell takes you on a strange adventure into the secret world of microbial mentality.</p>
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<p><strong>Dr Pamela Lyon</strong><br>ARC Postdoctoral fellow and philosopher<br>School of Humanities<br>University of Adelaide<br><a href="http://www.adelaide.edu.au/directory/pamela.lyon">http://www.adelaide.edu.au/directory/pamela.lyon</a>
<p><strong>Professor James A. Shapiro</strong><br>Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology <br>University of Chicago<br><a href="http://shapiro.bsd.uchicago.edu/">http://shapiro.bsd.uchicago.edu/</a>
<p><strong>Professor Jeffry Stock</strong><br>Department of Molecular Biology<br>Princeton University<br><a href="http://www.molbio.princeton.edu/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=240">http://www.molbio.princeton.edu/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=240</a></p>
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