The scale of true human intelligence is measured within our own creativity. As smart as we are, we have to invent to be considered intelligent (ideas or otherwise). The very existence of overminds and Jupiter brains are creations of our own intellect. In fact, as a purely fictional character, an overmind is a particularly impossible character to write for because there is no possible way to explain its motives from a human point of view, and given that explanation is the key to communication, there is no possible way to consider an overmind magnificently intelligent without going past your own logical understanding of life. The purest form of intellect comes from a few words: Do unto others; Life is suffering; Logic is little tweeting bird chirping in meadow. Logic is wreath of pretty flowers that smell bad.
I applaud the return of "recent comments" without javascript.
I hope they stay this time.
The scale of true human intelligence is measured within our own creativity. As smart as we are, we have to invent to be considered intelligent (ideas or otherwise). The very existence of overminds and Jupiter brains are creations of our own intellect. In fact, as a purely fictional character, an overmind is a particularly impossible character to write for because there is no possible way to explain its motives from a human point of view, and given that explanation is the key to communication, there is no possible way to consider an overmind magnificently intelligent without going past your own logical understanding of life. The purest form of intellect comes from a few words: Do unto others; Life is suffering; Logic is little tweeting bird chirping in meadow. Logic is wreath of pretty flowers that smell bad.