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Old 12-09-2019, 04:13 PM   #696
Flint
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What if intelligence is the default state of matter, and we've been grossly mis-classifying what intelligence is?
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Originally Posted by Clodfobble View Post
I'll buy it, though I tend toward the reverse perspective: it's not that the universe is as smart as we are, it's that we're as dumb as slime molds.
Yes, agreed. Not specified in my original post is my militant anti-anthropomorhic perspective. We are an illogical yardstick with which to measure anything against.
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