anon_qazi received

in thread "What if the extended human phenotype is natural and convergent?":

I think this is only true given the human genome, not all viable genomes. Consider the octopus. Consider the advanced space octopus from Alpha Centauri. I have low confidence that it would converge on the "human" in as strong a sense as the above suggest.... 4mo ago received

I think this is only received

I don't think humanity is substrate-independent. I think the human genotype and phenotype are central to humanity. I also don't think human intelligence is "general" in the sense that people now usually mean this.... 4mo ago received

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