To: Lhn5 who wrote (7812 ) 3/16/2006 3:01:47 PM From: ahhaha Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 24758 The same brain cells may be there, or if you crack open a skull many brains may look about the same to most people, but I believe it has been demonstrated that on average, the most intelligent people such as scientists actually have larger brains than the least, etc etc. No. Beyond that, each person's brain is controlled by unique DNA which probably differentiates brain function more than gross size matters. No. Human intelligence may look like a tiny spectrum of incompetence to aliens, but to us on Earth the spectrummakes a huge difference. There has been almost no detectable change in humahn intelligence for 4,000 years. Another movie reference. Brains can be impaired.I think there are highly significant barriers to intellectual accomplishment ?and limits for people that can never be surpassed no matter how unprejudiced one can make oneself. How would you know? if you are highly gifted both physically and intellectually, I can see how possibly your bias would be that anyone could do what you could do if they just try hard enough. You don't know what intelligence is. Sadly, I don't think so. Sadly, you're brainwashed. That's why the aliens won't talk with you. We may have been created 'equally but that only lasts until the first cry is heard. Humans are not with the same potentials. That's trivially true, but I don't see how it supports your argument.The aliens are arrogant, lol. H.G Wells claimed they were, "vast, cool, and unsympathetic", and that pretty much covers it. <<Writing is the definition of intelligence.>>The ability to make decisions that put off immediate reward for a greater reward at a later time is the definition of intelligence. According to your definition animals are intelligent. Indeed, plants are intelligent too. However, your definition isn't operational. That is, looking at a problem and finding as closely as possible the IDEAL solution. IDEAL can neither be defined nor obtained, i.e. it doesn't exist, but the transmission of an ideal from one being to another requires intelligence.Well I agree that if the brain memory capacity is so good that anything of import is effortlessly memorized, there is littleneed for written language. Actually written language is always needed because it's private, or hiding of junk, encapsulated.A Mandala makes you feel good. What it is, can't be put into images. Therefore, it's a contradiction like all things of mind.