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Old Oct 18, 2006, 09:38 pm   #115 (permalink) (top)
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Indeed, you are correct. I had the wrong understanding of that word. I looked it up.

However, Humans are vastly more intelligent than animals.
Most humans slave 40-50 hour weeks at a job they hate (if their lucky) so that they can come home and watch tv for a couple of hours, eat, sleep, repeat. Retire at 65, die at 75, being too feeble in the gap between to make the most of life.

Dolphins and wolves hunt, screw and play ALL day.

Which group sounds more intelligent?

Ignoring that, if we are judging by intelligence, perhaps we can test on idiot humans then? How about low-functioning autistics? Or people in vegetative states? Hardly chess champions are they? If you think that would be wrong, then it can't be intelligence that defines whether you something is a suitable test subject or not.


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