If you are into this kind of thought experiments, I can highly recommend the old but far-sighted sci-fi novel "A Fire Upon the Deep" by Vernor Vinge: https://e

If you are into this kind of thought experiments, I can highly recommend the old but far-sighted sci-fi novel "A Fire Upon the Deep" by Vernor Vinge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fire_Upon_the_Deep https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fire_Upon_the_Deep This novel is full of ingenious ideas, one of which is demonstrating how huge differences in computing (=thinking) speed make up for fundamental differences, which manifest on many levels.