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Quote from: alancalverd on 02/01/2024 12:20:11Then they won't be human. Our most intelligent successors are likely to be cockroaches. What makes you think that way?
Then they won't be human. Our most intelligent successors are likely to be cockroaches.
Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 03/01/2024 14:01:31Quote from: alancalverd on 02/01/2024 12:20:11Then they won't be human. Our most intelligent successors are likely to be cockroaches. What makes you think that way? They have very robust DNA, are truly omnivorous, and are extremely tolerant of high temperatures and lack of water.Cockroaches can eat dead people. People don't survive for long on a diet of raw cockroaches.
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There is no terminal goal.
How do you define goal?
Do you think that goals exist?
I found out that cockroaches can be easily killed using splash of soap water on their head area.
Can they live under water, on the desert, or south pole?
I think tardigrades are stronger against environmental conditions.
Interesting point. They certainly survive dehydration and irradiation better than most other living things, but in a fight between a water bear and a cockroach, my money would be on the insect.
(a) longer than humans (b) yes (c) certainly on the edge of Antarctica - lowest survivable temperature seems to be about -10 deg C and they can happily infest seal and penguin colonies. I doubt they would penetrate far inland as there's nothing to eat.
with appropriate equipment and artificial environment,
Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 06/01/2024 08:27:20with appropriate equipment and artificial environment,And there's the weakness. As I said earlier, we have to carry our preferred environment with us, and we have a very narrow spectrum of tolerability. Colonisation means exploiting the alien environment, not relying on the sandwiches you brought with you.
Why is it a problem?
Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 07/01/2024 08:49:14Why is it a problem?Because people talk about colonising when they mean either visiting or destroying other planets. It would be easier and cheaper (i.e. more intelligent and more satisfying, if you are an engineer) not destroy this one, which works pretty well if you don't break it.
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By defining consciousness as capacity to pursue goals,
Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 14/01/2024 11:19:47By defining consciousness as capacity to pursue goals, So a homing missile is as conscious as a homing pigeon?
I planned to make a video about natural consciousness, and how functional components of consciousness can emerge from natural processes.
Quote from: alancalverd on 14/01/2024 13:43:25Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 14/01/2024 11:19:47By defining consciousness as capacity to pursue goals, So a homing missile is as conscious as a homing pigeon? Can they reproduce? Adapt to their environment? Build nest? Compete for resources?