olalonde comments on Irrationality Game II - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TheOtherDave 05 July 2012 12:31:18AM 4 points [-]

Is there a simple summary of why you think this is true of intelligence when it turned out not to be true of, say, durability, or flightspeed, or firepower, or the ability to efficiently convert ambient energy into usable form, or any of a thousand other evolved capabilities for which we've managed to far exceed our physiological limits with technological aids?

Comment author: olalonde 06 July 2012 03:52:18AM 1 point [-]

efficiently convert ambient energy

Just a nitpick but if I recall correctly, cellular respiration (aerobic metabolism) is much more efficient than any of our modern ways to produce energy.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 06 July 2012 04:06:28AM 0 points [-]

Fair enough. Thanks.