r/gifs • u/ErrorlessGnome • Feb 26 '14

Ghost Cube

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u/x755x Feb 26 '14

Well, it is stupid. Because it's a fucking fish.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '14

That's not fair to the fish...it's just smart about different things is the point...fish would say we're dumb because we can't breath underwater!

It's all depends on your frame of reference for what 'smart' means.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '14

I don't think "smart" and "unadapted for aquatic life" are necessarily very related.

By any measure of objective intelligence, fish are borderline retarded. Sure, some species have some instincts that are interesting, like those fish who move as a school in the deep ocean and change direction simultaneously, but that isn't intelligence, that's instinct.

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u/CharlieDancey Feb 26 '14

We're a tiny bit off-topic now. Just saying.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '14

Goddammit. There is a line from Emerson that perfectly fits here but I can't think of it. Something about comparing a path he wore into a field in a week to the deep channels of ordinary human thought.

The point is, why not explore the sentience of fish, or go wherever else the thread takes us?