One must know in advance that Dr. Hawking (for all his genius) turned away from biology to become first a physicist, then a mathematician, then a cosmologist very early in his career. As a result, he missed an intensive biological training and that whole facet of knowledge is rather foreign to him. You will notice that he tends to avoid biological topics in his writings, for instance. Had he had as intense training in biology he would never had made this statement.There are some great older threads here on the topic but I wanted to start a new one.
I recently came across the quote below and thought of tarantulas.
"Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change." -Stephen Hawking
Discuss!
That would seem to explain a lot of human behavior too. Most of what we do is satisfying inherent biological drives, only we tend to make an art out of them or cash in on them. We're not that different from other animals; some people's egos need to think we are.basically everything they do is based on comfort. If its to hot they move down in there burrow,if its to wet they seek a drier place etc etc...
If I shared my opinions of humans and there behavior I would be removed from this site permanently! People are the reason I have dedicated my life to working with animals and have avoided forums like this for many,many years! Back on topic though, species like the portia jumping spider are pretty advanced in there hunting techniques.. I wish poecs were that advanced!That would seem to explain a lot of human behavior too. Most of what we do is satisfying inherent biological drives, only we tend to make an art out of them or cash in on them. We're not that different from other animals; some people's egos need to think we are.
I hear'ya!If I shared my opinions of humans and there behavior I would be removed from this site permanently! People are the reason I have dedicated my life to working with animals and have avoided forums like this for many,many years!
I would agree.Call me crazy, but I believe they are more than instinctual.
ooooo i like that line!! is it your own?______________________________________________________________________
Math, physics, engineering, and what they can do for us may be endlessly fascinating while we're alive, but ultimately biology is what kills you!
_____________________________________________________________________
Yup! Formulated as a biting response to someone's inane remark one evening a number of months ago. Luckily, I bit my tongue, regained some level of civility (I was about to say sanity, but I wouldn't want to publicly admit to such a thing!), and substituted something else that was trite and relatively noninflammatory instead.ooooo i like that line!! is it your own?
makes me chuckle when we keepers get all up in a bunch when our rosies enclosure drops below 75f....By that definition tarantulas are fairly smart. They are essentially survival machines. They are very good at what they do.
All 8 of my species are handling low temperature finemakes me chuckle when we keepers get all up in a bunch when our rosies enclosure drops below 75f....
haha oh the laughs! great way to start a night at work_____________________________________________________________________
A recent article claimed that 77% of people diagnosed with schizophrenia required hospitalization. Actually, I'm rather intrigued by the remaining 23% who it seems are doing quite well for themselves!
_____________________________________________________________________
:biggrin: