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Like Ant Cant Perceive Human, Are Human Incapable of Perceiving Superior Beings?

5 pointsby user-on1over 7 years ago

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LeoSolarisover 7 years ago
What makes you think that ants cannot perceive humans?<p>We show up just fine to their senses, as evidenced by their consumption of our flesh when given a chance. Leave a body close to the right ant mound, and you will have a skeleton in fairly short order.
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jjoeover 7 years ago
We have such a hard time understanding and sensing our fellow human beings. So much that, and as a result, we start disputes and wage wars. Considering our intelligence spread is negligible, what makes one think we could perceive and much less communicate with a superbeing whose intelligence is magnitudes superior to ours?<p>Are we able to perceive whomever created the universe, life, and the likeliness of them upkeeping it?
davelnewtonover 7 years ago
Depends. It turns out we have more cognitive power than an ant, e.g., if ants were smarter, they <i>could</i> perceive us, but they have no mechanism to do so. (Here by &quot;perception&quot; I&#x27;m talking about ants recognizing us as a living creature, not just a collection of pheromones.)<p>It would depend entirely on the nature of the &quot;superior&quot; being (ignoring the judgement issue regarding the nature of the word &quot;superior&quot;).
j_sover 7 years ago
If you have not seen this from last week, others may be willing to continue a vaguely parallel discussion there:<p>Ask HN: Why do you believe that your religion&#x2F;faith&#x2F;worldview is correct? | <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=15505294" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=15505294</a> (Oct 2017, 29 comments)
brudgersover 7 years ago
Reminds me of <i>What is it like to be a Bat?</i><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;organizations.utep.edu&#x2F;Portals&#x2F;1475&#x2F;nagel_bat.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;organizations.utep.edu&#x2F;Portals&#x2F;1475&#x2F;nagel_bat.pdf</a>
m1tryover 7 years ago
With AI in development, humans are capable of creating superior beings
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