What Is 'Intelligent Life'?

[Bevins]

Our ability to distinguish ourselves in the universe is so weird

[juddgoswick]

A number of sci-fi stories deal with this kind of contact. Admittedly, meeting an intellect we share little communication with would be amazing even if not as fruitful as we would hope.

[aok]

Exactly what I’ve been thinking for a long time now! And what’s even cooler is the question of “what does the giant fungus neural network do, presuming there is something like that on a planet?” Because if it’s, say, simulating an entire cosmos that’s different to ours… then the question of “what is real” gets completely off the fricken wall.

[rudiausbuddeln]

Good question

Been looking for years now

[Velothirex]

Humans evolved intelligence out of necessity. If we had evolved strong enough bodies to survive every kind of environment, would wouldn't have also evolved our intelligence. So unless life in other worlds also take the same path we have, we may not see the same kind of intelligence that we have if any at all.

[laydownlays]

There is also the great chance that the universe is actually very, very young and we are one of the first. After all, we are a carbon based life form, on a planet with an iron core. Which means, you have to wait until enough carbon and iron is formed to get a planet like Earth.

[Joshua-gtpz]

All of what is described as "intelligence" is measured by our ruler. The one we made. I.E.: "that person is 4 bald eagles intelligent."

It's generally meaningless. A rough measure we apply from our own bias. We measure intellect based on our perception. Crudly I might say.

What is intellect? What makes up the foundation? And when one does quantify these building blocks of what makes anything "intelligent" why does it matter?

Humans are so obsessed with finding other entities that can meander our own version of philosophy, we can no longer comprehend a separate philosophy entirely.

It's sad, really, but expected.

[AnneMB]

We’d still have the same building blocks of life. Physics and Chemistry would probably be consistent.

[Jaysthudandblunder]

The use of fungus is an interesting exemplar, i have often wondered whether the hallucinations related to the consumption of mycelium are actually the imbiber inhabiting the dying thoughts or lived experiences of another creature.

[TigerCarpenter]

If it's intelligence, there must be a way to communicate with it.
It's just a matter of time

[jaxsOnTheWay]

A matter of perspective, or a perception of matter?

[Grabthar]

Fermi Paradox. We should have encountered them by now. So, either they aren't there, or physics are such that it is just simply impossible for us to ever meet, or maybe, and frighteningly, the Dark Forest solution to the Fermi Paradox is true.

[TheUnderground]

A misnomer. Life itself is intelligent

[VermontLock]

THIS CHANNEL NEEDS TO START NAMING THE GUEST/INTERVIEWEE. It's a very basic thing to do. Put the name in the caption or in the comments.

[neonninja]

a vision of all variation in environmental conditions 😂

[strippins]

You might even find that this mycelial network could be a conduit for faster than light travel. Although I imagine utilising it in this way could harm it.

[elijahbrown]

My man’s hairline is just slightly looking right like it’s bored

[WhatsaModderU]

In order to compare and contrast what constitutes "intelligent life", the two species would need to meet and introduce their cultures to each other and know about each other.

[dris]

There is lots of intelligent non human life on earth already... dolphins, whales, certain insects, and yes even fungus etc.

[ecv]

I don't see why we wouldn't communicate as long as we'd realize it's sentient 🤔