A generation that will carry humanity into the depths of space and the unknown.
Sentient Dialogue
I think I have a way to end the human animalism on Earth. Most scientists classify humans as being part of the animal kingdom. Let’s re-classify that. An animal is a dog or cat or lion that simply eats, poops out the Gazelle, does the humpty humpty and sleeps in the dirt or a cave. A sentient, humans, ants, spiders, dolphins, honey bees, any type of life that can build are above the animals of the Earth, our classification should reflect such intelligence. Placing humans in a sentient category along with other sentients will lift the intellect of humans to a higher level. A level that will eventually see wars between humans eradicated due to the programmed ‘violent tendencies’ associated with being an animal, no longer being the caste that humans are part of.
Just like the 60’s raised a better 70’s and so forth, our generation must raise the First Sentients. We must do it better then our parents did, to let our parents and those younger then us know, We did it for you. We did it to let you know, we’ll be okay and for those younger, that you will be.
There are zombie fungus that infect only certain ants. The fungus then controls the ant to climb up a certain tree, to a certain height so that the fungus can use the ant to create new spores.
Intelligence is if a being can adapt and learn new behavior because of experience or data it collects over it’s lifetime.
What you see on this fungus is not that. It is instinct, which are behaviors that all living beings have that are hardwired into the genome. They are not learned by individuals over their lifetime. They are instead formed by evolution over generations by random mutation and natural selection, or artificial selection when it comes to behavior we breed pets and cattle for.
So no, a fungus is definitely not more intelligent than a dog. It doesn’t even have a brain that could remotely have such a function.
Yes, ants do in fact communicate on a higher brain function.
I for one do not like being grouped into kingdom associated with animals that eat their own dung either.
Speaking of dung, the dung beetle would also be considered a sentient insect because the dung beetle creates a dung ball.
Tent worms are also sentient, as are trap door spiders, web spinning spiders and even ant lions, a lower house of Sentients, but still considered builders.
No, the discussion is about living and breathing creatures on Earth. AI will never be a lifeform.
Another trait of a Sentient species is the ability of the creature to understand language, such as sign language, that the creature is able to use to communicate with humans.
Chimpanzees are one example. Although Chimps don’t build, chimps have been observed using tools. Chimps are also known for using sign language to communicate with humans, rather proficiently, if I might add.
