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You’re implying something is only showing intelligence if it shows complexity (long linguistic demonstrations here) Isn’t it more intelligence to convey all th
by kridsdale1 4y ago
You’re implying something is only showing intelligence if it shows complexity (long linguistic demonstrations here)
Isn’t it more intelligence to convey all the information that you need to with the highest efficiency?
We rate a poet who can convey tremendous meaning in few lines as superior to someone who is long winded and their writing is full of bullshit and tropes conveying nothing but using many words.
- svnt 4y agoI’m suggesting that increasing complexity and nuance present in a substrate such as language is a prerequisite for high intelligence because high intelligence in individuals is a feature of groups, not individuals. One person alone is without language and without advanced tools, no matter how big their brains. See feral children. It is possible that cetaceans pushed long ago pushed past complex verbosity into communication via wisdom and are all enlightened beings. Maybe they communicate electrically. Maybe they are in a local maximum of telepathic connection. I hope so.