Levka · @LevZadov
8 followers · 133 posts · Server kolektiva.social#sapience #culture
". . . anthropologist David Graeber and archeologist David Wengrow push back . . ."
https://bigthink.com/the-past/sapient-paradox-prehistory/
merfy · @merfy
1 followers · 1483 posts · Server liberal.cityThis is a genuinely good article. It distills the important and wholly reasonable process of coming to understand wtf has gone wrong in the governments, agencies and institutions of American empire.
#Sapience
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RT @RWMaloneMD
The Banality of Evil
On the COVIDcrisis and the Limits of Empire
Substack at RWMaloneMD
Please share if you care about the republic
https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/the-banality-of-evil?sd=pf
https://twitter.com/RWMaloneMD/status/1629588083954839560
RamenCatholic 🐢 🌈 · @RamenCatholic
124 followers · 1280 posts · Server mindly.socialDoes #Humanity have a responsibility to guide the #evolution of #NonHumanAnimals with #NearHuman attributes?
What combination of attributes define #Personhood ? #language #ToolUse #Sapience #Culture #RespectForTheDead #etc
#WTF is going on with #fungi #mushrooms - are they really the #MissingLink between #Animals and #Plants ? Do #Mycellium networks have #Sentience (are they #brains ?)!?!?
#JoinIn #reblog #retoot
#philosophy #religion #anthropology #sociology
#questionsthatkeepmeup #humanity #evolution #nonhumananimals #nearhuman #personhood #language #tooluse #sapience #culture #respectforthedead #etc #wtf #fungi #mushrooms #MissingLink #animals #plants #mycellium #sentience #brains #joinin #reblog #retoot #philosophy #religion #anthropology #sociology
Fish Id Wardrobe · @fishidwardrobe
227 followers · 481 posts · Server mastodon.me.ukFor judging the level of #sapience of a so-called #AI, the #TuringTest is useless. But it does demonstrate something very important: humans are really bad at judging the level of sapience of other humans.
Jack William Bell · @jackwilliambell
129 followers · 7507 posts · Server rustedneuron.comWhat insects can tell us about the origins of #consciousness. https://www.pnas.org/content/113/18/4900.full
This paper is heavy going, but rather interesting. Not sure I understood it completely, so I'm linking for when I think about these things more later.
#relevanttomyinterests #humancondition #sapience #consciousness