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To me those criteria seem completely arbitrary, though I believe some philosophers have argued the exact opposite of what you're claiming, that is, that an inte
by bloak 8y ago
To me those criteria seem completely arbitrary, though I believe some philosophers have argued the exact opposite of what you're claiming, that is, that an intelligent species should be considered "successful" when it causes itself to disappear: see "antinatalism".
- Razengan 8y agoPhilosophy is, as far as we know, a pure human-specific construct. A true hive-mind species, or a species that propagates asexually, for example, will not relate to a lot of the stuff we do, let alone be able to care about it. However, if you cannot influence anything in the universe beyond your home planet, and don't leave a lasting impact or any trace for any potential observers in the future, you may as well never have existed. Consider never having found any dinosaur fossils. If humans die out on Earth, and the effects of our time here do not influence anything after even say 1000 years, we will be no different than the Elves and Dwarves and all the fictional species of our own imagination.