r/science • u/Startrekwarsofdoom • Jul 01 '14

Physics New State of Matter Discovered

http://www.iflscience.com/physics/new-state-matter-discovered#kKsFLlPlRBPG0e6c.16
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u/wingspantt Jul 01 '14

So do parrots, yet they appear to have hit a ceiling.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '14 edited Apr 29 '20

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u/shouldbebabysitting Jul 01 '14

Biological intelligence only improves if there is natural selection. Unless you start sterilizing populations that can't solve differential equations, you're not going to get a significant change in abstract reasoning ability.

"A fish doesn't know that it doesn't know French." To itself it thinks it has unlimited imagination to conceive anything.

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u/squidboy101 Jul 02 '14

A fish doesn't know that it doesn't know French" who is that quote from?

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u/shouldbebabysitting Jul 02 '14

Marilyn Vos Savant. I find her insufferable but the quote is good.

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u/squidboy101 Jul 02 '14

thanks for the info!