The last few years have taught me that the difference between stupid and not stupid is oceans wider than I thought.

I turns out stupid people are closer to what I thought the intelligence of an animal was.

These people literally don’t think. They basically pattern match and that’s it. There’s no deeper reasoning. There’s no capacity for nuance, no understanding or extension of empathy. They can barely read. If you string the gibberish from an AI they’ll blindly trust that it’s correct above all evidence.

Meanwhile we’re seeing all these nuanced multi step problem solving behaviours from birds and all animals and even bumblebees…