• ilost7489@lemmy.ca
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    15 days ago

    I guess you are right in that it is a phrase rather than one word. The point that I was trying to say is that oversimplifying what defines intelligence makes the distinction useless. There is a use in defining the difference between a phone computing numbers and our ability to think and I probably should’ve explained it like that

    On an unrelated note, I keep seeing you refer to someone called drag. Is this you but in the 3rd person? Are there more than one dragon rider?

    • Dragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nz
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      15 days ago

      Drag uses person independent neopronouns. Drag’s pronoun is inflected and conjugated the same way in all grammatical persons.

      And drag disagrees that there’s a singular distinction to be made between humans and worms. There’s a spectrum of difference. Every improvement is an incremental leap. We got here over a billion years of evolution. It didn’t happen all at once. Setting ourselves apart from the rest of nature disconnects us and damages our empathy. Human supremacy is the reason we eat meat. Drag is a vegan because drag values all intelligent lifeforms.

      Also, did you know soy is capable of acting to defend itself? When aphids eat soy, it releases a chemical that smells delicious to ladybugs. The ladybugs come to check it out, and find a yummy aphid lunch. With the aphids eaten, the soy is safe. Nature is so cool. And you can call drag a hippie if you like.