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is there life as smart or smarter than us?

 Started by thecreeper , Feb 22 2006 01:58 AM

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#61    Shai_Hulud

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Posted 27 February 2006 - 11:03 AM

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I dunno, the accepted meaning of the word Intelligence.

Maybe?
Perhaps you could not see that I was asking a rhetorical question if we decide to be arbitrary. Being arbitrary, I could easily determine that your sense is comparable to that of a sponge or a turnip.

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Posted 27 February 2006 - 03:38 PM

thecreeper: I have to ask...that mermaid...was sided by a red singing crab and a chuby yellow and blue stripe fish?
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Posted 27 February 2006 - 03:43 PM

Are people really this unaware of oher lifeforms on earth? WE ARE THE MOST INTELLIGENT BEING EVER TO LIVED ON EARTH. thumbsup.gif

I really do hope you do not consider a sponge intelligent.....

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Posted 27 February 2006 - 06:23 PM

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I agree with frogfish. Are squid able to explore planets outside our solar system? -_-

Do squid destroy the very planet they live on? Do they tear down natural habitats, murder each other as well as other creatures for money/sport/fun, pollute the air, destroy the ozone?

Who's the dummies now?

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Posted 27 February 2006 - 06:26 PM

Do squid have broadband Internet?

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Posted 27 February 2006 - 06:29 PM

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Do squid have broadband Internet?

looool

See?? They're not even smart enough to be able to defend themselves on this internet message board!

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Posted 27 February 2006 - 06:51 PM

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Do squid destroy the very planet they live on? Do they tear down natural habitats, murder each other as well as other creatures for money/sport/fun, pollute the air, destroy the ozone?
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For all we know, they do.  Most animals tend to destroy the area they live in; animals in the ocean, I would venture to guess, have it a bit easier due to the medium they live in, but not through any action of their own.  Do they tear down natural habitats?  I honestly haven't a clue.  Maybe, like bears, elephants, and anteaters, they do cause considerable damage in their quest for food.  Do they kill each other for sport or pleasure?  Considering their relative rareness, I sincerely doubt it, but it would surprise me at all.  Many animals kill merely for the pleasure of the kill.  Perhaps, like the killer whale, giant squid enjoy grasping seals and tossing them through the air several dozen feet over and over again, in a sadistic game of volleyball.

One thin I would be willing to be money on, though.  Even if giant squid recognized the damage they do merely through their existance, I do not believe they either can, or even would, take steps to repair their mistakes.  The only animal in the entire world that has been known to do that is the human.

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Posted 27 February 2006 - 07:11 PM

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Do squid destroy the very planet they live on? Do they tear down natural habitats, murder each other as well as other creatures for money/sport/fun, pollute the air, destroy the ozone?

Who's the dummies now?

No, because they lack intelligence. They cannot define sport or leisure. Aquatus is right. We are more advanced and intelligent. Squid, although considered intelligent, are not as much as humans. Your ideology of intelligence is skewed.

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Posted 27 February 2006 - 07:15 PM

It was hardly my "ideology of intelligence" - was just trying to offer another perspective. original.gif

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Posted 27 February 2006 - 07:53 PM

Whatever it is, trying to prove squids are more intelligent is a lost arguement.

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Posted 27 February 2006 - 08:53 PM

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Are people really this unaware of oher lifeforms on earth? WE ARE THE MOST INTELLIGENT BEING EVER TO LIVED ON EARTH. thumbsup.gif

I really do hope you do not consider a sponge intelligent.....

frogfish, thats very narrow minded no.gif
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Posted 27 February 2006 - 08:54 PM

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frogfish, thats very narrow minded

How so, because it isn't yes.gif

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Posted 27 February 2006 - 08:58 PM

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How so, because it isn't yes.gif

how did you respond so fat? hmm.gif , anyway you don't know if some where in the ocean is a very smart group of animals *cough mermaid cough*, how could YOU know?
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Posted 27 February 2006 - 09:02 PM

Well, we know there are NO mermaids....they were just a yarn from intoxicated sailors about dugongs.

Nothing rivals humans...what makes you think there are another creature living in the depths of the ocean. It is very, very unlikely.

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Posted 27 February 2006 - 09:05 PM

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Well, we know there are NO mermaids....they were just a yarn from intoxicated sailors about dugongs.

Nothing rivals humans...what makes you think there are another creature living in the depths of the ocean. It is very, very unlikely.

how do you know ALL this hmm.gif , have you seen the entire ocean, all the nooks and crannys hmm.gif , until then you are just assuming all this
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