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0 pointsJohnJamesRambo5y ago0 comments

I’m afraid that whales are precisely as smart as they need to be to strain krill, navigate, and reproduce.

0 pointsJohnJamesRambo5y ago0 comments

I’m afraid that whales are precisely as smart as they need to be to strain krill, navigate, and reproduce.

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Razengan5y ago· 3 in thread

What about humans? What ultimately have we achieved beyond reproducing?

Razengan5y ago

No really, what have we done that will outlast us or matters to anyone but us? (on geological scales let alone cosmic)

JohnJamesRamboOP5y ago

Concrete.

RalfWausE5y ago

We are f...ing good at killing ;-)

StanislavPetrov5y ago· 1 in thread

How smart could whales become if they had a billion more years to evolve without having their environment destroyed by humans or some other "smart" species?

vardump5y ago

Not smarter at all, if there's no evolutionary pressure for it.

On the contrary, bigger brains can be a hindrance, consuming energy for no reproductive benefit.

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