if they did not share our "peculiarities" we would not even be able to recognize them as intelligent and certainly could not communicate with them any better th

if they did not share our "peculiarities" we would not even be able to recognize them as intelligent and certainly could not communicate with them any better than we can with an automobile, powerplant, or transistor* That doesn't seem quite right. A 1980's automobile, powerplant, or transistor couldn't make mathematical inferences, guess what you might want to hear, then compose a novel poem which makes sense in a requested style. the current nonsense about "intelligent" with current computer programs is an inexcusable marketing sin and is invariably a form paradolia I don't think this comment is going to age well.