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by 773491 on August 29th, 2009
I think that's possible. I see no reason against it, intelligence must not only be based on organic matter, many molecules posses the ability to store and compute information. Also robots are starting to become 'intelligent'.
What is the definition of an inherited trait?
by Answerbag Staff on December 3rd, 2009
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Do you think humans are at the top or bottom of the evolutionary scale...animal section? They supposedly have greater potential..do they?
by RosieGHM Jetpacker on September 11th, 2011
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Do humans de-evolve as they run low on creativity and imagination?
by genericdust on September 15th, 2011
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Is stupidity ever an inherited trait? If so, would that indicate that some races are less intelligent than others?
by Random on June 22nd, 2011
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Does someone need to be a "tool" to properly identify and use tools? What does "being a tool" mean?
by genericdust on September 26th, 2011
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Yeh Robots are becoming more intelligent I currently feel that the three most likely forms of life will be Carbon-based thats us ^^, Silicon based which is still to be discovered and has to be fairly evolved/advanced more so than Silicon that we know of and lastly Artificial Life which will one day become as important as any Human life I believe.
Here are two vids you might find interesting this one is part of a fictional documentary http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je6FyPstCO0&feature=related
and this one is from a phd student who raised a lot of good points on A.I. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBAFusm_lW4
by Eaoden on August 29th, 2009
thanks for the links, I'll check them out.
by 773491 on August 29th, 2009
your welcome.
by Eaoden on August 30th, 2009