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January 11, 2008

Every Sci Fi Writer’s Worst Nightmare

By Thoreau

Are amoebas actually intelligent?

Posted by Thoreau @ 4:27 pm, Filed under: Main

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8 Responses to “Every Sci Fi Writer’s Worst Nightmare”

  1. Comment by Doc Nebula —
    January 11, 2008 @ 4:59 pm

    Are amoebas actually intelligent?

    No.

    This has been another edition of Easy Answers To Silly Questions. As a totally free bonus for consuming this episode, we’ll throw in another — “If God is all powerful, can He create a rock that He Himself cannot lift?”

    The answer: “Yes, but He wouldn’t, as he’s too busy right now playing MASS EFFECT on the X-Box 360″.

  2. Comment by sglover —
    January 11, 2008 @ 5:57 pm

    Really interesting, Thoreau! Thanks!

  3. Comment by Eric the .5b —
    January 11, 2008 @ 6:24 pm

    Neat.

  4. Comment by Jon H —
    January 11, 2008 @ 11:19 pm

    So you’re saying that a slime mold is smarter about climate change than a Republican?

  5. Comment by Gene Callahan —
    January 12, 2008 @ 6:13 am

    Of course amoebas are intelligent, to some degree. Life itself is the expression of the universe’s urge to realize mind.

  6. Comment by First Little Pig —
    January 12, 2008 @ 3:48 pm

    Totally Tubular, dude

  7. Comment by Gene Callahan —
    January 13, 2008 @ 5:47 am

    And totally Hegel, as well.

  8. Comment by Stevo Darkly —
    January 15, 2008 @ 6:21 am

    Are amoebas actually intelligent?

    Amoeba you are, but what am I?

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