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[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works 49 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

He made us "super intelligent"...

I'm starting to think that intelligence is not a feature but a glitch.

[–] Ptsf@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

Emotional intelligence is too low, and short term thinking still overrules long term thinking.

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 25 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (2 children)

Of course I can't prove this, but my personal head-canon is that on some sort of absolute scale (the sort a god would use so don't ask me to explain it) the difference between the smartest human and dumbest is probably negligible. Our smartest humans look really fucking smart to our dumbest humans only because none of us have met the Xoflorg race from Proxima 5 (arbitrary example), even the dumbest of whom, the absolute morons, understand quantum physics better than Stephen Hawking did.

(My head-canon also figures there's some other alien race out there who would think our dumbest people are super-geniuses.)

[–] will_a113@lemmy.ml 29 points 12 hours ago

This reminds me of the plot of a Futurama episode where Leonardo da Vinci goes back to his home planet where he is a renowned moron.

[–] Orbituary@lemmy.world 17 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

(My head-canon also figures there’s some other alien race out there who would think our dumbest people are super-geniuses.)

They're called Floridians

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 9 points 8 hours ago

They’re called Floridians

Too good for just an upvote, have some Lemmy Gold.

[–] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Hell yeah. Have you seen how happy manatees look when they're just floating along, eating seagrass, not a care in the world? Makes me think they have the right idea.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 9 points 11 hours ago

Ignorance is bliss.

[–] lowleveldata@lemmy.world 9 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I don't think many of our problems is caused by our physical weakness

[–] MelastSB@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 hours ago

Well, not anymore, ye