On 29 Jul 01, at 18:30, Peter Isackson wrote:

> Don states after an illuminating description of operating a bulldozer,
> “However, I would not say that my buttocks have a new skill. The skill is
> actually in my brain.”
>
> The truth is that it is in both places as the human organism works as a
> whole, unless you are a radical dualist. By the same token I am not
> positing independent intelligence in the members (I mentioned feet as well
> as fingers for the piano).

Peter, marketing, philosophy, etc, aside, I’d figure if you want to make the case that Don’s buttocks “learn” (and fine buttocks they must be to do so), the contention would be more compelling if you could explain
psychologically or physiologically, exactly how this takes place.

I “may” be possible to make such a case, although marginally if you are familiar with those disciplines. I’d like to see someone take a shot at it.