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I beg to differ. All the might of a superior intellect will be of no use if a bear locks a human down and starts to maul them. The mistaken assumption that GP
by omneity 4y ago
I beg to differ. All the might of a superior intellect will be of no use if a bear locks a human down and starts to maul them.
The mistaken assumption that GP is talking about is related to conflating intellectual capacity with physical capacity.
Another analogy is a brain in a vat. If the brain only has read capability over the world surrounding it, then no amount of processing power can enable it to change anything about its situation.
- boringuser2 4y agoHumans completely dominate bears, and the difference in intellect isn't even relatively huge.
- 1letterunixname 4y agoIn what context? If you don't have a gun and a knife and you're on Vancouver Island, I assure you that the bears will eat you no matter how keyboard macho you think you are.
- habitue 4y agoRight, but the point is that with the intellect you don't show up in that situation without a knife or a gun in the first place. A competent intelligent human foresees that being a bad situation, avoids it, and shows up armed or with bear spray. This is exactly the same thing a chess program does when it avoids your trap. Intelligence compensates for physical weakness.
- boringuser2 4y agoThis is such a pointless discussion that I can't even begin to countenance it. Go to a zoo. Are bears walking around with humans in cages?
- 1letterunixname 4y agoExactly. Power is the crucial element. You may be a genius but still be just another prisoner subject to unyielding limitations of the environment structured to maintain particular controls.