Spiders are poor candidates for intelligence.

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bowser — 1/8/2013 7:24:19 AM (archived)

Coordinating those 8 legs takes a lot of the brain-power they have been able to muster. The rest of it goes into figuring out how to build those webs. Without a thumb, but with a lot of legs.

Nope, spiders are too busy trying to figure out how to get around and build a web. :-)

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Life in the universe? Almost certainly. Intelligence? Maybe not. - TB - 12/31/2012 11:24:49 PM
- If there is life, there will be intelligence. Eventually. - bowser - 1/3/2013 5:21:50 AM
  - I agree and would add that- - johannes - 1/5/2013 9:14:50 PM
- Re: Life in the universe? Almost certainly. Intelligence? Maybe not. - Jody - 1/1/2013 4:33:22 AM
  - Very likely - FrankC - 1/1/2013 4:38:51 PM
    - Asimov - TB - 1/1/2013 5:18:12 PM
      - A hundred million years is the blink of an eye. - alcaray - 1/1/2013 8:00:05 PM
- The idea that more time is needed for intelligent life... - FrankC - 1/1/2013 12:22:48 AM
- On a star in Fornax there's a race of intellegent spiders... - alcaray - 1/1/2013 12:11:55 AM
  - Spiders are poor candidates for intelligence. - bowser - 1/8/2013 7:24:19 AM

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