Hey, $DEITY did its absolute best with the constraints and the requirements. But hey, can't please everyone apparently. Be happy you can relieve yourself well past the intended warranty period. The parts were designed to be easily _aftermarket_ replaceable with sufficient advances in technology, retaining the fundamental design without changes.
Arguably much less successful since jellyfish have been around 700+ million years ands it’s not clear if humans will make it even the next couple thousand.
But the jury is still out on that one
> The most successful at communicating their view that they are the most successful
To who? Other humans?
It's seagull mating season where I am, and I don't speak seagull, but I'm pretty sure one of the things they're trying to convey to their fellow seagulls is that they're extremely successful.
Can't argue with it either. They're very much alive, which is the best you can be in this particular competition.
So, the most successful at arrogance? In other words, the least successful at humility? Ironically, since humble and human share a common root. Just playing devil's advocate here, but what you propose is not a good metric to maximize.
Interesting. So, the human brain is the scaled-up monkey brain with significant architectural changes.
What was the alternative?
Scaling-up without significant architectural changes.
Or significant architectural changes without scaling up.
Or a single magic mutation.
And if we ran an experiment where we gave it to some apes…
Let’s observe their reactions to a big slab of obsidian.
Implies intelligent design
I think its rather some mutations that produced more reelin and created the most successful animal in earth's history
I'd really rather liked it if that supposedly "intelligent" designer took a bit more time at designing the urogenital tract of human males.
I'd like it if the vagus nerve didn't do a loop around my neck for no particular reason. (Giraffes would probably like that even more)
mine seems ok what version are you on
Hey, $DEITY did its absolute best with the constraints and the requirements. But hey, can't please everyone apparently. Be happy you can relieve yourself well past the intended warranty period. The parts were designed to be easily _aftermarket_ replaceable with sufficient advances in technology, retaining the fundamental design without changes.
What's wrong with it?
Merely implies a very good fitness function.
Yes. Though according this fitness function we're not necessarily more successful than a jellyfish or a tapeworm.
Arguably much less successful since jellyfish have been around 700+ million years ands it’s not clear if humans will make it even the next couple thousand. But the jury is still out on that one
The most successful animal by what metric?
Tetris high scores, obviously
The most successful at communicating their view that they are the most successful. Whether they are or not. But that means they are. By that metric.
Has another animal proposed they are more successful by a different metric?
Crickets?
> The most successful at communicating their view that they are the most successful
To who? Other humans?
It's seagull mating season where I am, and I don't speak seagull, but I'm pretty sure one of the things they're trying to convey to their fellow seagulls is that they're extremely successful.
Can't argue with it either. They're very much alive, which is the best you can be in this particular competition.
So, the most successful at arrogance? In other words, the least successful at humility? Ironically, since humble and human share a common root. Just playing devil's advocate here, but what you propose is not a good metric to maximize.
You sound like you’ve never been disdainfully stared at by a cat..
Really interesting article though. I’m very hopeful AI can help work out how all these things interact.
Some of us don't spend days looking for food, don't die of cold, and survive the flu...
aaand we have Quake and Comand&Conquer - Red Alert
> aaand we have Quake and Comand&Conquer - Red Alert
Agreed, it would seem that evolutionary biology peaked in the late 90s then
As related in the documentary _The Matrix_.
So Steely Dan documented this first?