Do you define intelligence by using tools, problem solving methods, And are we intelligent or are we just bragging about it. I recently read some articles about porpoises and their unique way of communication, it said that communication of porpoise is just as complex as ours, And I wonder why do the…

[image] pfau_tarleton: Scientists have been studying non-human animal intelligence for many decades…so it’s probably not up to us amateurs to define intelligence. The earliest scientific attempts to define and describe the range of animal intelligence were in the 1880s, unless there are earli…

I love that idea, but yes, it needs additions as a specimen should adapt to new environment by their actions not their body ability to do so, still it’s not an ideal one as we have to define which actions we have in mind, something like new-level actions that mean those that wasn’t used by specimen…

[image] abhijatshakya: are we intelligent or are we just bragging about it Humans aren’t just clever animals. Much of what we’re capable of doesn’t really have any equivalents elsewhere (as far as we know). It’s not just a question of degree. There really is an enormous qualitative difference…

It was written over 40 years ago so some of the factual elements are a bit dated but The Dragons of Eden by Carl Sagan (text downloadable at the link) frames this question very well and discusses the hypotheses that seek to answer it. There is no unitary definition of intelligence. It’s existence h…

[image] bazwal: we’re sending robotic exploration vehicles to Mars We have nearly succeeded in destroying this planet and making it uninhabitable. Now the exceedingly wealthy head for Mars, to rinse and repeat. Vandalism rather than intelligence in my eyes,

Drifting off topic, but Mars is already an uninhabitable planet. I doubt Jeff Bezos could grow a potato for himself, but if he wants to foot the bill to take the rest of us to Mars so we can figure out how to turn it into something livable, I’m all for that. If we can revive a dead planet, there’s n…

I don’t think that is exclusively human, unless you specify written records. They are not terribly long lasting compared to a book or digital data, but many animals leave scent marks as a record of their passage and a marker of their territory. It’s not exactly an oral history, but animals can certa…

How do you define intelligence?

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abhijatshakya June 7, 2021, 6:31pm 21

Thanks for widening my view

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