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The aliens might also be less intelligent than humans, but more advanced technologically due to the lead time or just higher cooperativity. "Dumb aliens" could
by admissionsguy 5y ago
The aliens might also be less intelligent than humans, but more advanced technologically due to the lead time or just higher cooperativity. "Dumb aliens" could be a refreshing premise for a sci-fi story.. although it lies on the same continuum as any ant-like intelligent collective, so it's nothing new after all.
- suby 5y agoIt's a cool idea. I'd bet that it's unlikely for a sufficiently intelligent species (say one capable of creating machines to cross interstellar distances) to stay dumb, though. Humanity is fast approaching the point where we can edit our genes or otherwise select for intelligence. Even the idea of creating non-human super intelligent agents of some sort is arguably within reach over the course of the next few hundred years. I like to think that though the starting average intelligence for a given species might be lower than others, eventually we all wind up at the same place, either turning ourselves into or building some hypothetically (given the laws of the universe) maximally intelligent system.
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- devoutsalsa 5y agoIsaac Arthur made a video titled “Stupid Aliens”: https://youtu.be/yXWe8g0zziw https://youtu.be/yXWe8g0zziw
- T-A 5y agoHere's a classic one: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3302567-pandora-s-planet https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3302567-pandora-s-planet