In a message dated 2/24/2000 9:30:14 AM Pacific Standard Time,
zero_powers@hotmail.com writes:
<< Seems pretty obvious to me that you don't have to be very intelligent to
experience emotion, laughter and fun. Monkeys seem to experience all three,
not to mention human idiots. Although creativity certainly takes some
degree of intelligence, it could be argued that creativity is simply the
ability to solve a problem in a unique way.
>>
One also doesn't have to be "very intelligent" to solve problems, monkeys and
rats do ti all the time. One needs a modicum of intelligence to get a sense
of humor.
Solving problems is viewed as intelligence by a community of science/software
programmers who often are unsure of any other way to describe intelligence
beyond software capabilities.
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