Ben van Kerkwyk
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
They are, and so are Komodo dragons, and the idea that somehow or another they could eventually reach incredible levels of technological sophistication and intelligence.
We kind of rule that out, but look, there's clearly primates that are way dumber than us, right?
So why do we assume that it's only primates that reach an incredible high level of sophistication when we know that crows, which are really fucking close to dinosaurs...
Like smarter than most kids.
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Things that are really close evolutionarily to reptiles.
That's the mind fuck is smart dinosaurs.
I mean, that was in Jurassic Park, right?
The raptors, they were super smart.
Yeah, they were smart, which, you know, makes sense.
Yeah, it's that whole pack, yeah, the instinct.
But the idea that we were visited by intelligent reptiles is fucking bananas.
Well, Javi Loeb is convinced that it's a UFO.
But that's what he does, right?
He did with that other one, Omanuma.