An Alien 5% Smarter Than Us

suppose the difference between humans and chimps is as small as a half a percent DNA in the intelligence Vector whatever that Vector is suppose it is that small what do you say well what do you mean we have the Hubble telescope and poetry and philosophy and they stick a twig in a hole to get termites out maybe the difference between those is small you don't want to think that way but imagine it so now let's imagine an alien who is five percent along that same Vector Beyond us that we are beyond the chimp what would we look like to them no reason for me to think that we wouldn't look any different to them that chimps look to us and that's a half a percent so now imagine five percent ten percent their simplest expression of an idea would transcend our smartest capacity to comprehend

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Published: Sun Feb 05 2023