What do you think constitutes "intelligent life"?

For example for us, dogs wouldnt be considered intelligent life. but for an advanced alien race, maybe they dont consider us very intelligent or worthy of their time. we still kill fellow humans and what not, which to them may look like a bunch of monkeys throwing poop at eachother. So what do you think defines "intelligent life"? i dont think its a clear definition, we could easily be looked at as "un intelligent life" by advanced alien races

I consider dogs intelligent life.

Anything similar to a human level of intelligence and problem solving. With that, I'd still find it fascinating if we ever even find anything animal like.

Anything that is smarter than humans.

Like ants... and rocks.

Anything that is smarter than humans.

Like ants... and rocks.

LORD_BLACKGULT

Anything similar to a human level of intelligence and problem solving. With that, I'd still find it fascinating if we ever even find anything animal like.

Pirate700

Other animals can problem solve...

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Anything that is smarter than humans.

Like ants... and rocks.

Diophage

Wrong. My pet rock urinated on me as a kid. Inanimate objects can't do that. Thus, rocks are alive, and superior to humans in every conceivable way.

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Anything similar to a human level of intelligence and problem solving. With that, I'd still find it fascinating if we ever even find anything animal like.

Tokugawa77

Other animals can problem solve...

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Anything that is smarter than humans.

Like ants... and rocks.

LORD_BLACKGULT

Wrong. My pet rock urinated on me as a kid. Inanimate objects can't do that. Thus, rocks are alive, and superior to humans in every conceivable way.

Stuff that aren't communist

The ability to manipulate one's environment, communicate between one another, and uphold problem-solving complexities with the intent geared towards survival.

Honestly, that's a difficult question, and many would also say the ability to create technology. I don't know. Something along those lines though.

Anything similar to a human level of intelligence and problem solving. With that, I'd still find it fascinating if we ever even find anything animal like.

Pirate700

Anything capable of asking its self "what am I and why am I here?"

If you are about as smart as me or smarter. Otherwise you are a vegetable.

If I find any, I'll let you know.

If I harm something, come back a week later, and it remembers me then it's intelligent.Parandrus

And here I thought this was gona end up being an intelligent conversation. Not just "only humans! go jesus! woo!".DocDelicious

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[QUOTE="LORD_BLACKGULT"]

Anything that is smarter than humans.

Like ants... and rocks.

LORD_BLACKGULT

Wrong. My pet rock urinated on me as a kid. Inanimate objects can't do that. Thus, rocks are alive, and superior to humans in every conceivable way.

[QUOTE="DocDelicious"]And here I thought this was gona end up being an intelligent conversation. Not just "only humans! go jesus! woo!".Parandrus

[QUOTE="Parandrus"][QUOTE="DocDelicious"]And here I thought this was gona end up being an intelligent conversation. Not just "only humans! go jesus! woo!".DocDelicious

I suppose that'd be any being that is able to examine & assess various situations that they're observing or a situation that they're directly involved in rather than just operating on animalistic instinct with it's predefined behaviour.

Dolphins are supposed to be the next most intelligent following the homosapians.

something as simple as an insect or a fish, IMO. It has eyes, brain, moves, has "some" thought processes, basic life needs, etc. Bacteria would be simply "life."

if it can create art

if it can create art

BossPerson

I consider dogs intelligent life.

Diophage

the ability to learn form your mistakes, so i would count many potty trained pets smarter than those on face book that complain about how hard things are and how their life never changes.

Introspection maybe.