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I've assumed it's because a larger body, with more cells, needs more neurons to monitor and model it, but it's not compelling. The "law" is mere empirical corr
by hyperpallium2 5y ago
I've assumed it's because a larger body, with more cells, needs more neurons to monitor and model it, but it's not compelling.
The "law" is mere empirical correlation - e.g. you are smarter than a blue whale.
The fantasy that the baby spiders with encephalization quotients (https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Encephalization_quotient https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Encephalization_quotient) off the charts (because their brains displace their digestive systems and partly fill their legs) are more intelligent than humans, appeals to me. I suspect raw intelligence doesn't require many neurons. But spiders aren't social.
Parrots are.
- NoahRoseWood 5y agoThat's interesting I've always felt spiders are different from other bugs. The way they move feels more calculated
- sameboat632746 5y agoAlways wondered why spiders have their own phobia defined. I have probably a mild form of arachnophobia, they just give me creeps especially when moving. Your comment makes me wonder if it is indeed related to their relative intelligence to other insects.
- david38 5y agoThey are different. Most “bugs” people see are insects. Spiders are not insects. Lots of spiders spins webs. This requires very careful stepping, so you are quite correct, their movements are very calculated. They have to step on a high wire, possibly vertically, while avoiding the sticky parts, getting knocked off, hit by prey, etc