I was wondering about alien life, and it got me thinking that on earth have 5-10 creatures that show signs of intelligence that at least seem likely to “progress” as a civilization if they just had better organs for tool use. Theyve been with us for long time but only we progressed, and while we share a lot with apes, they havent even if they have same organs for tool use. Are Apes dumber than crows, orcas, octopi etc.? Or was human intelligence (before we got to civilization levell) really unique and that different than other animals?
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Yes.
You could have an underwater animal that is smarter than humans, but since they don’t have hands they will never be able to make tools to advance society.
Even if they had something like tentacles like octopusses do, they will never have the type or resources a land dweling species has. They will never be able to use fire, or electricity. Water makes it significantly harder to make tools for example. You wouldn’t have an eay way to make a hammer with a rock, wood and some algae. Also some things float and others go to the bottom of the sea, where there is more pressure and no light. It’s not like you can use a rock as a table.
So for all we know dolphins could actually be smarter than humans, but they’ll never get the chance to develop their society.
There is also no way for them to “write” or mass knowledge other than verbal knowledge, which is another massive issue.
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