Because that’s what intelligence is. There’s a very funny video floating around of a squirrel repeatedly trying to bury an acorn in a dog’s fur and completely failing to understand why it’s not working. Now sure, a squirrel is not the smartest animal in the world, but it does have some intelligence, and yet there it is just mindlessly reproducing a pattern in the wrong context. Maybe you’re thinking that humans aren’t like that, that we make decisions by actually thinking through our actions and their consequences instead of just repeating learned patterns. I put it to you that if that were the case, we wouldn’t still be dealing with the same problems that have been plaguing us for millennia.
If you’re interested in a more detailed exploration of this topic than an online forum post consisting of a grand total of five sentences can contain, feel free to read a book.
Or maybe I just don’t feel like being helpful to someone who chose to introduce themselves to me by mocking me. I’m not sure why you find the idea so hard to believe that intelligent creatures sometimes mindlessly repeat patterns of behavior without realizing that they’re achieving nothing, but I love the fact that the irony is completely lost on you that your repeated mockery is providing an example of it.
Because that’s what intelligence is. There’s a very funny video floating around of a squirrel repeatedly trying to bury an acorn in a dog’s fur and completely failing to understand why it’s not working. Now sure, a squirrel is not the smartest animal in the world, but it does have some intelligence, and yet there it is just mindlessly reproducing a pattern in the wrong context. Maybe you’re thinking that humans aren’t like that, that we make decisions by actually thinking through our actions and their consequences instead of just repeating learned patterns. I put it to you that if that were the case, we wouldn’t still be dealing with the same problems that have been plaguing us for millennia.
“Human intelligence is just pattern reproduction. Proof? HuMaN NaTuRe!”
If you’re interested in a more detailed exploration of this topic than an online forum post consisting of a grand total of five sentences can contain, feel free to read a book.
Will you tell me the name of the book?
Will you say the magic word?
Please tell me the name of the book.
No.
proof? I made it up!
Or maybe I just don’t feel like being helpful to someone who chose to introduce themselves to me by mocking me. I’m not sure why you find the idea so hard to believe that intelligent creatures sometimes mindlessly repeat patterns of behavior without realizing that they’re achieving nothing, but I love the fact that the irony is completely lost on you that your repeated mockery is providing an example of it.