(June 8, 2012 at 5:08 pm)gringoperry Wrote:(June 8, 2012 at 4:52 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: Um, we're significantly more than 1% more intelligent than our nearest relatives, and many people think they should be given special protection because they are like us in many ways. Our feelings about ebola are far different from our feelings about chimpanzees, and arguably proportional to relative intelligence and consciousness. I don't think it's so easy to predict alien attitudes. If being a genius was highly correlated with being right, geniuses would have a reputation for agreeing with each other.
OK, I get it, you're more insightful than Dr Neil. Pfft.
Possibly. I am aware that there is more than a 1% difference in intelligence between a bright person and an average one, while the difference in intelligence between a chimp or gorilla and us is more like 100%; while Dr. Neil (as reported by you) seems to be unaware of how ridiculous it sounds to claim we are only 1% smarter than chimps. On what basis have you concluded that Dr. Neil is a genius? It doesn't take a genius to get a PhD, although being relatively bright is a great help.
