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> Additionally there is no indication that "intelligence" beyond human level is at all possible. I think there's a lot of evidence that modern humans are far f
by cousin_it 11y ago
> Additionally there is no indication that "intelligence" beyond human level is at all possible.
I think there's a lot of evidence that modern humans are far from the upper limit:
1) Humans are the stupidest possible creatures that can build a technological civilization, otherwise it would have happened earlier in evolutionary history.
2) Human brain size is limited by the birth canal.
3) The human brain uses less than a lightbulb's worth of power.
4) John Von Neumann made many amazing accomplishments, and we managed to get him by genetic lottery starting from normal humans.
- sgt101 11y ago1) Not sure - humans spent quite a while not building technological civilizations. 2) Yes, this seems to be true, although I've wondered why there are less adaptations wrt getting more through less; is a sphere the optimal configuration for a brain case - other animals seem to have done other things, humans haven't which is strange. 3) Well - arguable, the measurements are difficult as if you manage to deprive other bits of the system of power the brain stops working. 4) One wonders how many kids in rural where-ever-when-ever could have done the same if they had lucked out?
- kpil 11y ago2) We are smart enough to make it, there are no evolutionary selectors for smarter people. Quite the opposite. Technically, we could probably breed a smarter race if we really wanted to, with all associated bits suitably enlarged in quite a few generations. Perhaps a less agressive race too. But in reality we can come a long way with just educating the uneducated.