why are humans as intelligent as we are? chimps do ok without the extra brains... why are humans not MORE intelligent than we are?
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Reply · Dec 14, 2024@MunicipleOrrery like humans being chimps by comparison to enlightened superintelligences, kept artificially alive in zoos or allowed to go extinct?Reply · Feb 21, 2023@danielweir lol yes... tho I also think it's fair to ask whether our human brains are really that much *more* sophisticatedReply · Jul 29, 2023@Carlosdavila007 I don't think this is true, unless you use a very strange definition of intelligence... brains are energy hogs... simplify...…Reply · Oct 13, 2023@bayeslord tbh we should also be looking deeper into the intelligence of octopus, crows, dolphins, beehives, pigs... can't let intelligence exist…