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		AnimalMuppet on June 10, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Licensing is neither feasible nor effective for ad... An accurate theory can be used to predict things with reasonable confidence, within the limits of the theory. We don't have an accurate theory of intelligence. What we have now is at the "not even wrong" stage. Assuming it's wrong is about like assuming that alchemy is wrong.

pixl97 on June 11, 2023 [–]

Then let's go with an observation. Humans got smarter than most large mammals, then most large mammals went extinct.

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