tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post5014212588863956617..comments2024-02-25T05:24:24.948-05:00Comments on Beyond Easy: Smarter than the average bear?Patrick Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02410016566636603639noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-22967805261901656182015-06-28T23:29:34.594-04:002015-06-28T23:29:34.594-04:00Somehow that reminds me: a friend of mine once tol...Somehow that reminds me: a friend of mine once told me a snippet of Hindu(?) mythology, but now that I look I can't verify the source. At any rate, it holds (maybe?) that humanity got the worst position in the animals/humans/gods pyramid. The animals know nothing and are fairly satisfied knowing nothing; the gods know nothing and are wholly satisfied; humanity knows just enough to be perplexed, and is never satisfied.<br /><br />We know a lot of things, but what the hell we're doing ain't one of them.Patrick Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02410016566636603639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-77172714211243330432015-06-18T20:33:16.360-04:002015-06-18T20:33:16.360-04:00I'd say that if you or I studied wilderness su...I'd say that if you or I studied wilderness survival for some extended period of time, you would eventually be able to survive in Alaska at least on par with a bear, if not perhaps better, at least until the bear starts building a nuclear reactor for energy acquisition and defensive capabilities. The bear, as a comparison, spends all of its life practicing wilderness survival and doesn't get distracted by its own ruminations on the nature of intelligence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com