Crows possess higher intelligence, thought a primarily human attribute (2020)

Re:Crows possess higher intelligence, thought a primarily hu... by winnit on Thursday March 24, 2022 @03:12PM (#30794148)

Have you read Swarm by Norman Spinrad? It's a short-story which illustrates some of the points you have made by bringing an alien species that are less individually intelligent but more hive-oriented than human beings into the mix.

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Re:Crows possess higher intelligence, thought a primarily hu... by bar_de on Thursday March 24, 2022 @03:26PM (#30794297)

Also the book "The Invincible" by Stanisław Lem tells a story about distributed intelligent lifeforms. Really nice as they are described in a very unique un-anthropocentric way, i.e. their rationality is hardly understandable by the space faring humans encountering them.

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Re:Crows possess higher intelligence, thought a primarily hu... by rmnull on Thursday March 24, 2022 @03:29PM (#30794322)

i can't seem to find the book by that title by that author. I did find a book by that title but its 800 something pages long and don't think its the title you referred to. do you mind providing a link?

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Re:Crows possess higher intelligence, thought a primarily hu... by StingyJelly on Thursday March 24, 2022 @04:35PM (#30795037)

I've red a short story that matches the description and the name. Took a while to remember but it was in A Science Fiction Omnibus [0], apparently it's by Bruce Sterling so could be a different story.

<https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15192261W/A_Science_Fiction_...>

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Re:Crows possess higher intelligence, thought a primarily hu... by winnit on Friday March 25, 2022 @10:32AM (#30802619)

No, you're right - it was Bruce Sterling!

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Re:Crows possess higher intelligence, thought a primarily hu... by winnit on Friday March 25, 2022 @10:35AM (#30802648)

Here's the link, it is actually by Bruce Sterling as another commenter pointed out to me. https://1lib.sk/book/4373271/0a0915

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Re:Crows possess higher intelligence, thought a primarily hu... by waqf on Thursday March 24, 2022 @06:41PM (#30796343)

Also "Web" by John Wyndham.

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