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  1. M

    Why Is High Intelligence So Rare?

    Makes fire tough too, which makes forging iron tough, which makes tools tough... you know, being aquatic makes most things tough, so unless they embark on a super selective breeding programme with all the less intelligent little fishies which causes the little fishies to turn into automated...
  2. M

    Why Is High Intelligence So Rare?

    Er... sonar is echolocation, which is the reflection of soundwaves.... which is basically a specialised form of hearing. You do realise that, right? And sound isn't the only thing that can be transmitted by radiowaves. Television is transmitted by radiowaves as well. Don't get caught by the...
  3. M

    Why Is High Intelligence So Rare?

    Intelligent life doesn't need to use radio at all. Humans managed to survive for all but the last hundred-odd years without it after all. However, if we're going to find them, then we need to be able to detect them somehow, and until we get much better planet-detecting apparati, we NEED them to...
  4. M

    Why Is High Intelligence So Rare?

    You also have to consider that space is big, so if there is other intelligent life, and it has developed radio signals, then those signals may simply have not reached us yet. At the moment, when we've only recently managed to be able to detect super-planets many times the size of Jupiter outside...
  5. M

    G'day!

    I played Shadow of the Colossus recently, and loved it, and the next game I'm getting onto is God of War. I also like the JRPGs, such as Suikoden, Final Fantasy, Atelier Iris... I would like FPS, but they make me feel motion-sick, which sucks.
  6. M

    G'day!

    Oh, I'm an icky sushi lover as well. And I eat my steak very, very rare. When I'm cooking it at home, I just hit it with the pan a couple of times, in the hopes that it'll get the message that I don't want it to be alive anymore. :P edit: that is, I'm one of those sushi lovers who you think is...
  7. M

    How do you survive?

    You're seeing a therapist, which is good. If you weren't, I'd recommend that you do so. I've always felt that you exist so you can exist. Remember that the odds against you existing at all are astronomical, and that life is a very brief opportunity that you will never have again: you should try...
  8. M

    Do you understand evolution?

    You might want to be careful of the word mutation, because some people might think of X-men - as in, "because of my mutation I can now fly and turn my hands into t-bone steaks, and my sister can levitate." Perhaps you could call them "small genetic abnormalities" or something. It's the same...
  9. M

    G'day!

    Have you tried sushi joints? Lots of sushi joints here have grilled eel. Especially if they're in shopping centres.
  10. M

    Why Is High Intelligence So Rare?

    That might be the case for humans (although I would argue that factors other than intelligence are far more important than intelligence when talking of success in human society - namely money-savvy and charisma), however it's not the case amongst other animals, excepting possibly the great apes...
  11. M

    G'day!

    To kick things off, I'll tell you a bit about myself: My name isn't Wanda I am a mammal My cat has been telling me to go to bed for three hours Some people know me as "the girl who hangs out at the video games store" My favourite food is grilled eel Oh, and I'm an atheist, but if I were to have...
  12. M

    Why Is High Intelligence So Rare?

    Simple. High intelligence isn't actually a successful survival strategy. The brain is a very energy-intensive organ, and until you reach a critival level of intelligence, spending extra energy on it is a waste of resources. Think of a small brain as a Corolla, and a large brain as your F1 racing...
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