Th Hitchhikers Guide is a GREAT series of books!!!! It is too bad they're making a movie of it. Douglas Adams was a great author and would, if he was still alive, have had a great time writing about whether or not humans are intelligent. I think he would have guessed "not."Pikaia said:Actually, it's the white lab mouse. I read all about it in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.![]()
Crotalus said:You have to be intelligent to be able to blow up a world...
/Lelle
Apocalypstick said:Yes...intelligence to create the means to do it, but unbelievably insane to even consider doing it.
Intellect breeds insanity... something the supposed "lower lifeforms" do not have to deal with. That's why what's left of those that survive our insanity and destruction will survive long after we have destroyed ourselves.
So that makes 'human intelligence' an oxymoron.
WE are the lowest lifeform on this planet.
Most tarantulas do fake a strike, and slap the legs and pedipals at the aggressor.mo_2 said:this happened to me a long time ago but I diden't have an outlet for my story. About three anda half years ago when my curlyhair was a little less than three inches long and very handleable (I know the opinions on handling T's). I went to pet him before feeding him and he turned so fast I had no time to remve my hand and didet want to whip my hand out possibly paint my wall with him. He diden't bite me though, his pedipalps hit my finger and hi fangs did extend but as if he recognised that I was neither food nor threat he removed his pedipalps from me and even allowed a gentle stroke. I never knew what to think about this was it a sign of intelegence or is there anouther explanation?
Actually, they've been around much longer than that.
Here here.. or is it Hear Hear ??Sheri said:I suggest that if you think that raw intelligence is equated with not destroying the planet than humans are the least thought capable species on the planet.
It is a fairytale fantasy argument. Have fun, but that is one trail of breadcrumbs I am not following.
You may as well make the case that the earthworm is the most intelligent...
There seem to be 2 camps of hobbyists.
The romantics, and the realists. I suppose as long as no one starts breeding for character traits, and "cuddleability" I can tolerate these discussions providing I don't really read them.
So please, please people... do not give me cause to come back to this thread to edit, delete, warn, settle or lock it.
Enjoy!
No, but you do need to be objective. Using one animal to determine "facts" isn't exactly science either.Apocalypstick said:You don't have to be a West or Shultz to develope factual conclusions![]()
I second that.David Burns said:Inteligence is a human abstraction and as such is totally subjective. It is irrelevant on a broad biological spectrum.
Are you serious??Snipes said:Intelligence is what we make of it. We think it is smart that we speak to each other and learn things and can make nuclear bombs and advanced computers. On the other hand, we are destroying the environment, which is our life support system and destroying millions of species that are vital to it. Scorpians have been on the earth of millions and millions of years, and horseshoe crabs have been virtually unchanged since the time of the dinosaurs. Although i believe the "intelligence" of tarantulas lies somewhere in the middle, i would fight to say that humans dont know the first thing about being "intelligent", therefore my opinion on t intelligence is not important.