You may choose one animal to elevate to human level intelligence. What animal do you choose? My choice is octopi. Here are a few reasons: >octopuses are badass >octopus are aquatic so competition would be minimized I think it would be awesome to team up with octopi to build cool shit.

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Anonymous Sun May 3 12:33:04 2015 No.7234131 [Reply] [Original]

You may choose one animal to elevate to human level intelligence.

What animal do you choose?

My choice is octopi.
Here are a few reasons:
>octopuses are badass
>octopus are aquatic so competition would be minimized

I think it would be awesome to team up with octopi to build cool shit.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 12:35:35 2015 No.7234137 >>7234131 do you realize how bad we fuck up the ocean? octopi would probably not wanna build cool shit with us

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 12:36:11 2015 No.7234139 File: 509 KB, 500x246, 1427630492947.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >octopi

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 12:40:43 2015 No.7234145 >>7234131 Ants. My reason is to cause the extinction of the human race.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 12:43:55 2015 No.7234151 >>7234131 OP's pic got it right, dogs are probably the most social, affectionate, and loyal to humans, so that if raised to our intelligence, they would not immediately try to start a war with us.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 12:45:24 2015 No.7234154 >>7234145 For some reason I read that as artists.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 12:47:07 2015 No.7234160 >>7234131 Blacks

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 12:48:26 2015 No.7234165 >>7234131 Whales Imagine the architectural possibilities

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 12:49:24 2015 No.7234167 >>7234160 kek

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 12:50:17 2015 No.7234170 octopi octopuses octopodes

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 12:50:26 2015 No.7234171 >>7234151 They are basically our slaves as of now. Great potential for revolution with many human victims.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 12:59:37 2015 No.7234185 >>7234165 yeah there would be none since they don't have appendages to build shit with.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 13:01:29 2015 No.7234191 >>7234131 >>7234137 >octopi Lel This word again

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 13:04:36 2015 No.7234195 >>7234160 kek

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 13:11:33 2015 No.7234208 >>7234131 >giving intelligence to a thing with 8 limbs enjoy being erased from the planet

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 13:13:19 2015 No.7234211 >>7234208 ^This, they'd advance quicker than we could keep up with using their superior octal maths.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 13:15:07 2015 No.7234214 >>7234208 >>7234211 >>7234131 GTFO octopoor shills

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 13:15:58 2015 No.7234216 >>7234151 >>7234171 Maybe not the best idea. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGFev2BmnhE

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 13:20:19 2015 No.7234223 >>7234131 They're already extremely intelligent, but they only live for a year or two at the most so they can't do much with their intelligence.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 13:24:03 2015 No.7234229 >>7234214 Base 10 a shit.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 14:16:00 2015 No.7234290 Dolphins.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 14:44:09 2015 No.7234334 Sloths

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 15:51:18 2015 No.7234435 Africans

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 15:55:43 2015 No.7234443 >>7234160 kek

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 16:00:27 2015 No.7234453 >>7234191 >not calling it octopussies

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 16:02:05 2015 No.7234457 >>7234208 >>7234211 >10 fingers vs 8 tentacles you idiots

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 16:18:55 2015 No.7234481 >>7234223 If they're so smart then why haven't they figured out how to increase their lifespan?

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 17:59:43 2015 No.7234674 >>7234481 They can't beat the cancer your shitposting causes

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 18:05:26 2015 No.7234689 monkeys

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 19:43:30 2015 No.7234886 Niggers.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 19:45:05 2015 No.7234893 Kangaroos

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 19:46:42 2015 No.7234899 >>7234216 love that show

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 19:47:42 2015 No.7234902 Turtles.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 19:49:18 2015 No.7234908 Chicken Just think about it for a minute

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 19:50:49 2015 No.7234913 >>7234131 bears. Why bears you ask. because fuck you, that's why.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 19:51:26 2015 No.7234915 >>7234913 Rude.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 19:52:33 2015 No.7234920 >>7234481 They're not THAT smart. Extremely smart on the scale of animals in general, but in human terms probably about as smart as the average /b/ poster.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 19:56:17 2015 No.7234931 >>7234131 Crows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY8-gP3Sw_8

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 19:58:31 2015 No.7234939 Sponges. Ocean sponges would suddenly be intelligent, and no one would notice because they're fucking sponges. Then we can continue to be the dominant lifeform on the planet.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 19:58:48 2015 No.7234942 >>7234931 More based crow vids for the octopi plebs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVaITA7eBZE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SShPwk0JfrI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYwRMEomJMM Better convert now

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 20:01:54 2015 No.7234949 >>7234131 Cows I want to see how they come to realize that for the whole time they have been breed only for meat, as a food for people. I want to see how history changes and our children are tought about cows holocaust by cows teachers.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 20:03:51 2015 No.7234954 >>7234160 thread over

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 20:22:53 2015 No.7234991 Bears It would be terrifying, but I love that idea.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 20:29:19 2015 No.7234998 >>7234942 but can it solve triple integrals?

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 21:04:12 2015 No.7235053 >>7234949 This.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 21:08:16 2015 No.7235065 Are we being raided by /pol/? What's up with all the illiterate sperglords in this thread?

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>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 21:16:49 2015 No.7235093 >>7234949 >implying they wouldn't enslave us all

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 21:27:23 2015 No.7235130 >>7235083 aren't those the japanese killer wesps?

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 21:40:24 2015 No.7235158 >>7235083 Why. What purpose besides getting all of us killed would this serve?

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 21:46:18 2015 No.7235172 >>7235083 aaaggh

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 21:58:07 2015 No.7235201 >>7234913 Bears are the enemy. Exclude the traitor!

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 22:06:10 2015 No.7235220 OP

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 22:25:49 2015 No.7235254 File: 24 KB, 480x262, grizzly-bear-harry-bosen-dpc.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7235201 bears are the most majestic creatures on the planet and deserve to be on par with humans.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 22:34:34 2015 No.7235282 >>7235254 >>>/forest/

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 22:44:11 2015 No.7235306 >>7234160 bur

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 22:44:27 2015 No.7235308 Crows, man. They're pretty bright already, would make the equivalent of drones with human intelligence, and don't have thumbs (so we could still fuck them up if they get uppity).

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 22:47:00 2015 No.7235310 >>7235308 >willing to have airborn enemies. Haven't you seen "The Birds" ?

Anonymous Sun May 3 22:47:54 2015 No.7235314

Anyone who suggests insects is being dumb as all hell. What makes insects so effective and intelligent is their hive-mind system of pheromones and basic "group above self" directive. Give them human intelligence, and they get all the self centered, emotional, irrational shit that comes with it. Then you've just got billions of tiny stinging dickheads.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 22:51:01 2015 No.7235319 dolphins i wouldn't mind an ocean domain ruled by dolphins

Anonymous Sun May 3 22:51:06 2015 No.7235320

>>7235310
Airborne enemies with the mass of a tennis ball and almost no offensive abilities beyond "be kind of obnoxious"? Yeah, i'll take those odds. Any enemy that can be defeated with a winter coat, motorcycle helmet, and aluminum ball bat ain't much of an enemy at all.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 22:52:22 2015 No.7235324 >>7235319 Yes, give the species which uses it's current marginal intelligence to commit rape and murder, the intellectual capacity of humans.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 22:57:14 2015 No.7235331 >>7234131 only animals? I was imagining a world where a virus would have, somehow, full conscience. That would be trippy.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 22:58:42 2015 No.7235333 >>7235324 > implying this wouldn't happen with any species Dolphins are assholes because they're the next smartest thing to humans.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 23:02:28 2015 No.7235340 >>7234131 guys how about cockroaches they can survive nuclear winters and they are small, so their societies would take that much space that would mean that the legacy of humanity would live on for a longer time than it could ever ope

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 23:04:14 2015 No.7235342 >>7235333 I don't know. Corvids and octopuses are pretty damn bright, and they aren't a bunch of murderous corpse fuckers.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 23:07:08 2015 No.7235348 The only acceptable answer would be parrots or something. You guys are either retarded or suicidal

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 23:11:36 2015 No.7235351 >>7235319 >>7234165 >>7234290 Confirmed for not knowing that cetaceans are just as smart as humans >>7234170 Remember, it's pronounced "oc-top-o-deez" >>7235342 At least they're not sea-otters. Those things are evil little weasels

>>	Anonymous Sun May 3 23:16:25 2015 No.7235357 >>7235351 >At least they're not sea-otters. Those things are evil little weasels For real. They don't even have the high intelligence to explain it. It's like natural selection just built a cunt-switch into their brain.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 00:29:34 2015 No.7235464 I'd say that peregrine falcons deserve it enough but for some reason I think that for marine iguanas it's the most fitting

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 00:43:52 2015 No.7235496 I wish neanderthals were still alive

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 01:06:05 2015 No.7235526 >>7234913 you should read the short story "bears discover fire"

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 01:08:15 2015 No.7235531 >>7235342 >they aren't a bunch of murderous corpse fuckers. I wonder why humans aren't?

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 01:15:22 2015 No.7235536 File: 111 KB, 500x354, bear with me.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7235254 Nice try bear shill

Anonymous Mon May 4 01:27:39 2015 No.7235543
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>>7235314
Spiders

Either they would help us keep all other insects in check, or it would be the first and shortest inter-species war of earth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rorJCGF1aM

War would end with humans signing the treaty of Arachnai.

Pic related, its the Sam Fisher of spiders.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 01:34:09 2015 No.7235551 >>7235351 Confirmed retarded.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 01:35:06 2015 No.7235555 >>7235543 Assuming I couldn't lick boot hard enough to defect to our new spider overloards, I would literally off myself immediately and with no second thought. No way I'm throwing down with a spider army.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 02:13:48 2015 No.7235580 dophins are arguably as intelilgent or more intelligent than humans. But they have nothing but flippers and can't do anything with their intelligence So I'd choose chimpanzes actually I choose dogs

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 02:20:02 2015 No.7235583 >>7235580 If dolphins are so smart then why don't they grow arms and legs? Checkmate, atheists.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 02:20:59 2015 No.7235584 >>7235580 >more intelligent than humans Yet not intelligent enough to avoid winding up in my tuna sandwich.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 03:08:04 2015 No.7235631 >>7234160 lel

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 03:09:34 2015 No.7235633 >>7234131 i would choose ducks or geese because who wouldn't want to have consensual sex with a corkscrew penis?

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 03:14:56 2015 No.7235643 File: 39 KB, 914x1091, 1416608376506.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Frogs, because no frog =no Pepe = a sed sed wurld. I'm quite confuse tho sumtimes Pepe looks more like bee. I duno. Maybe he is both. Heh heh heh hoi hop hiohiohiohio

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 03:16:24 2015 No.7235649 >>7235633 Who says they need to be intelligent to fuck them? Just grab one from the pond and fuck it right in the... cock.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 03:22:19 2015 No.7235656 >>7235580 >dophins are arguably as intelilgent or more intelligent than humans prove it faget

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>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 05:42:00 2015 No.7235763 >>7234131 I would choose dogs because we owe it to our evolutionary ally. Of course we'd have to gas the small uglier looking races first, only keeping border collies, labradors etc.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 05:43:52 2015 No.7235767 >>7234457 Base 8 actually has many advantages over base 10.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 06:04:42 2015 No.7235796 >>7234131 Turtles man, they're so chill, probably would make the wisest and calmest professors.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 06:07:46 2015 No.7235801 >>7235796 Turtles probably only look like that on the outside because they're slow and quiet. Just remember... those are two qualities of a school shooter. >inb4 serial killer turtles

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 07:01:34 2015 No.7235850 File: 174 KB, 720x821, parasitus_the_fancy_tapeworm_by_ethorrorgamer-d8245xp.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Tapeworms.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 07:05:14 2015 No.7235856 >>7235763 >tfw they make you run around sheep thank you greatest ally

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 08:08:34 2015 No.7235937 >>7234949 Yeah. This. Or pigs. Piglets are already cute as is to make some people think twice about eating them.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 08:53:26 2015 No.7235994 >>7234913 >le reddit magnificent badass

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 09:46:04 2015 No.7236062 >>7234131 You pluralized it in three different ways, was that done on purpose? Also octopi isn't even a word.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 09:48:55 2015 No.7236067 I don't know why we haven't bred dogs to be smart yet, we've done it for everything else like cuteness, size, strength etc but no intelligence. Yeah you get "smart" dogs but they're retarded compared to us.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 10:03:27 2015 No.7236080 >>7236067 The smart ones kill themselves :(

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 11:38:38 2015 No.7236205 >>7235643 nice rare pepe, can i save it?

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 12:08:46 2015 No.7236245 bot flies

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 12:10:16 2015 No.7236252 octopae

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 12:53:07 2015 No.7236331 File: 281 KB, 1024x1024, coopers.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Kangaroos >They are currently dumb shits >Would be top-tier pals >Similar anatomy to humans >Everything goes better than expected

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 14:32:19 2015 No.7236559 >>7236245 Dear god no The way America dealt with screw flies wouldn't work with intelligent bot flies. We'd have to live inside glass domes and space suits.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 14:33:22 2015 No.7236565 Tardigrades No need for space suites anymore, we can just tape some tardigrate friends on a rocket and let them observe Jupiter's moons for us and report back. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardigrade

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 14:35:59 2015 No.7236569 >>7235649 *cloaca

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>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 22:38:02 2015 No.7237508 File: 182 KB, 600x309, 2109.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] What about something eusocial like ants, bees, or termites? Think about what a hive mind could do with human intelligence.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 22:50:11 2015 No.7237535 >>7237508 >Think about what a hive mind could do with human intelligence. This already exists, anon. It's called "Japan".

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 23:12:31 2015 No.7237576 Personally I think were overlooking Elephants. They have similar lifespans to us and amazing memories

Anonymous Mon May 4 23:36:43 2015 No.7237633
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>>7237576
Why would you pick an animal that is already smart and give it human intelligence? At the end of the day any animal you pick would be given the same level of intelligence, so it doesn't matter how smart they currently are.
Might as well pick something like ants or bees that have an amazing work ethic, and use them for cheap labor.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 23:53:00 2015 No.7237671 >>7237633 >Might as well pick something like ants or bees that have an amazing work ethic, and use them for cheap labor. >>>>capitalism intensifies

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 08:31:13 2015 No.7238375 >>7234160 kek.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 09:01:52 2015 No.7238406 >>7234131 Cuttlefish. Not nearly as dangerous as octopodes. Just as badass except they can't come out of the water and hunt us down without some serious augmentation.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 09:04:32 2015 No.7238407 >>7234131 cats imagine brutal efficient killing machines with human level intelligence. we'd be ruling the stars in no time.

Anonymous Tue May 5 09:13:59 2015 No.7238424

>>7234131
Octopodes already posses intelligence comparable to humans.

I don't know what I would choose, turtles maybe? Just for the luls of there being hyper intelligent turtles that can't do shit with said intelligence because all they have are stubby little claws.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 09:15:18 2015 No.7238431 >>7234139 Octopodes is the correct term as the root word is Greek and not Latin

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 09:16:33 2015 No.7238433 >>7234151 Clearly you did not even read his fucking post

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 09:19:52 2015 No.7238440 >>7234689 Have fun living in the planet of the apes

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 09:21:30 2015 No.7238446 >>7234913 0.o it would be the end of the world as we know it

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 09:22:48 2015 No.7238449 >>7234939 Real life spongebob

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 09:29:30 2015 No.7238458 >>7235254 There is no "on par" with bears, either you can outsmart them, or they can eat you.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 09:32:32 2015 No.7238462 >>7235331 Technical a virus is not "alive"

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 09:34:39 2015 No.7238464 >>7235357 I know right, they are either cute little buddies, or vicious little cunts.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 09:35:57 2015 No.7238467 >>7235526 Not him but I am interested, can you link a copy or a PDF?

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 09:41:25 2015 No.7238474 >>7234131 My little kitty can do my algebra, brah.

Anonymous Tue May 5 09:45:30 2015 No.7238477

>>7235531
Does the world really need to have humans of the sea?

>>7235543
I can only shudder at the thought, take it away!

>>7235584
You try not getting caught in a 3 mile wide fishing net.

>>7235633
A 9 inch explosive corkscrew penis, or the just as interesting rape proof reverse corkscrew vagina.

>>7235649
He said consensual

>>7235763
God tier hyper intelligent Labradors and huskies and malamutes

Anonymous Tue May 5 09:55:00 2015 No.7238489

>>7235767
Bullshit! Name one

>>7235796
I had not even thought about that. Hyper intelligent turtles with their 200+ year lifespan would make the perfect scholar race. I would jump at the chance to study under professor yertle, aristortule, hypocrashells, or Dr Sagan II

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 10:05:58 2015 No.7238507 >>7235801 You say psychoshell, I say philositortoise. >>7236067 It is a lot harder to select for traits like intelligence as they cannot be directly observed. >>7237576 Turtles are better

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 10:07:13 2015 No.7238508 >>7238467 http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/bears-discover-fire/

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 10:33:43 2015 No.7238540 >>7238489 the amount of data in n latches 2^n

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 10:54:46 2015 No.7238570 I'd pick Tigers. Because fuck humanity.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 11:12:51 2015 No.7238588 >>7238406 They are already just as intelligent as humans

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 11:13:43 2015 No.7238590 >>7238588 Prove it.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 12:12:38 2015 No.7238679 >>7234145 Little ant cities and villages would be so cute.

Anonymous Tue May 5 12:30:45 2015 No.7238710

Cats. They have a similar personality to humans already which is why they're the other main species that lives with them, plus they can stand on their hind legs easily enough and commonly have thumbs. Sometimes 2 thumbs.

Imagine what they could do with 2 thumbs, human intelligence, and that chill attitude. Also horrible needle ended razor-like claws.

Eusocial bugs wouldn't really work. Human intelligence would result in them subverting their societies in order to avoid being slaves. Group animals like dogs aren't a good choice either. They're only good with humans when they see humans as their master. If they're as intelligent, they'll just take over as the alpha dog. Sea animals can't do shit on land and there's nothing under the sea for them to advance themselves with.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 12:31:09 2015 No.7238715 >>7234160 >blacks >not niggers anon pls

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 13:34:32 2015 No.7238839 >>7234886 go back, /pol/

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 13:43:49 2015 No.7238857 >>7234131 Spergs

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 16:04:46 2015 No.7239110 File: 457 KB, 640x400, Gargantia on the verderous planet oh god making these things was such a bad idea.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7234208 Seriously.

Anonymous Tue May 5 17:25:04 2015 No.7239293
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>>7238710
>Eusocial bugs wouldn't really work. Human intelligence would result in them subverting their societies in order to avoid being slaves.
Why? The majority of eusocial bugs like ants/bees/termites are wired to work their entire lives as slaves for their queens. Even if they suddenly became sentient, it would still a natural instinct for them to follow orders.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 17:28:17 2015 No.7239303 Humans also have natural instincts about their societies but we repress them with thought

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 17:33:33 2015 No.7239323 >>7239303 Care to give a few examples? >we repress them with thought What?

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 17:34:05 2015 No.7239328 File: 70 KB, 640x480, bagi_11.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7238710 For some reason, this image comes to mind.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 17:36:51 2015 No.7239338 >>7239323 Our natural instincts aren't to kill our families, and to work for betterment of local group as a whole. Then throw in family murderers and capitalist mindset where you work to gain only for yourself.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 17:41:47 2015 No.7239356 >>7238710 Razor like claws doesn't really do much for you after you invent blades, and even less after you invent gunpowder. Dogs would still be good with humans, so long as you maintain authority over them.

Anonymous Tue May 5 17:46:26 2015 No.7239369

>>7239338
You're right, those aren't natural instincts, those are learned behaviors. The natural instincts we have are things like wanting to eat, have sex, and care for children.

>Our natural instincts aren't to kill our families
Are you implying that our society encourages killing family members? I'm not sure what you're trying to say here.

Anonymous Tue May 5 17:50:08 2015 No.7239373

>>7239369
I'm saying humans have behavior counterproductive to instincts of maintaining a small tribal familial group, because it's learned means our intelligence is leading us to behave against instincts thus its likely ants and other hive minds would experience similar behavior

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 18:15:24 2015 No.7239470 >>7239373 I see no reason why eusocial bugs would stop working for their queen if they became intelligent, especially since when humans started becoming more intelligent, they began living underneath kings and queens themselves.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 18:19:58 2015 No.7239497 >>7234131 niggers

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 18:23:15 2015 No.7239506 >>7239497 Thank you, but they've been mentioned 4 times already.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 18:26:16 2015 No.7239520 spiders make them dog sized too

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 19:02:04 2015 No.7239624 File: 3.39 MB, 480x270, yzcuzg9.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7239520 >make them dog sized too Sounds like someone wants to fucking die.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 19:37:44 2015 No.7239713 File: 29 KB, 600x700, some-men-just-want-to-watch-the-world-burn-2.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7234131 >You may choose one animal to elevate to human level intelligence Japanese Giant Hornet

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 19:39:29 2015 No.7239714 >>7234131 Not cats because they will enslave us. Probably turtles.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 19:59:38 2015 No.7239758 >>7239714 Cats have no grasping appendages so they would be smart, but helpless. Octopus would be very interesting with human intellect.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 21:26:46 2015 No.7239956 I vote turtles and here is why. 1. They aren't anatomically equipped to be a threat to us 2. Would be interesting to see quick complex thought from a slow moving animal 3. Turtle researchers spending 100+ years thinking about stuff could be valuable.

Anonymous Tue May 5 21:45:41 2015 No.7240001
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>>7237633
I change my mind, I pick turritopsis dohrnii. Because they don't age, they could learn more than any human ever has, creating a race of super intelligent and wise jelly people.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 21:52:17 2015 No.7240011 >>7235083 you ever play fallout?

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 21:55:23 2015 No.7240015 >>7240001 Their tentacles are too weak for tool use making it a waste, jellyfish are also deaf and nearly blind.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 21:55:36 2015 No.7240016 File: 31 KB, 500x383, cazador.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7240011 I do

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 21:56:36 2015 No.7240020 >>7234160 T O P K E K O P K E K is this /pol/?

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 21:59:12 2015 No.7240029 >>7234131 banana

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 22:00:12 2015 No.7240034 >>7240015 ...fuck. Overlooked that bit. On second thought, lets go with those lobsters that don't age.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 22:01:37 2015 No.7240041 koala they have two thumbs.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 22:02:10 2015 No.7240045 >>7234160 Tell him what he's won, Bob!

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 22:04:20 2015 No.7240053 >>7234939 >>7238449 They'll start by taking our women https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jUOsFtIlBM

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 22:05:46 2015 No.7240057 >>7234160 You just created the most dangerous lifeform on earth.

Anonymous Wed May 6 02:15:20 2015 No.7240428

give dolphins, in addition to what their intelligence already consists of, our form of intelligence, and let them design prosthesis which we could construct for them. any other species would likely be too dangerous, esp. dogs and cats. dolphins would hopefully be smart enough already to want to coexist with us.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 6 02:17:54 2015 No.7240433 >>7240428 Dolphins cant build anything

Anonymous Wed May 6 02:30:22 2015 No.7240456

>>7239293
>The majority of eusocial bugs like ants/bees/termites are wired to work their entire lives as slaves for their queens.

No they aren't. They have societies with rules they are forced to follow. Their queens are just egg laying bitches, not some great overmind. There are ants that will just fucking kidnap new queens. Technically the queens aren't even the only ones that can lay eggs, it's just the workers tend to be punished if they try, since it's beneficial to just have a few queens, although the queens are also different in their child making capacity.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 6 02:59:07 2015 No.7240494 File: 67 KB, 640x480, Cow03.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7234949 I am ready!

>>	Anonymous Wed May 6 03:01:07 2015 No.7240496 >>7235319 So long and thanks for all the fish!

Anonymous Wed May 6 03:06:31 2015 No.7240498

>>7240456
I know that queens don't give out orders or have any real control over the colony, I meant more that they work their entire lives for their colony.
The fear of punishment isn't what keeps a colony organized, eusocial bugs have the basic instinct to stay in line and work together.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 6 03:09:44 2015 No.7240500 >>7234223 watch the hyperbole there bud

Anonymous Wed May 6 03:18:10 2015 No.7240505

>>7240428
It doesn't matter if they're already smart or not because at the end of the day, any animal you pick would be equally as smart as a human.
Also, >>7240433 is right.

>any other species would likely be too dangerous esp. dogs and cats
I don't get why so many people in this thread are afraid of some planet of the apes bullshit happening. If they're as smart as us, they can be reasoned with, and will quickly realize that starting a war/genocide against the species that has guns would be a very bad decision. The most likely scenario would be some kind of integration between humans the intelligent species.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 6 21:21:20 2015 No.7242193 >>7234902 >>7239956 >Turtle Definitely the best. Imagine chillin' with a Turtle on the beach at night, blazing and talking about crazy shit.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 6 21:46:44 2015 No.7242255 Dogs.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 7 00:09:08 2015 No.7242587 >>7234151 go back to ur yiff containmentthread furfag

>>	Anonymous Thu May 7 01:00:22 2015 No.7242682 >>7234139 did anyone else imagine an octopus with 8 guns fucking shit up ?

>>	Anonymous Thu May 7 01:06:27 2015 No.7242693 >>7234931 that was fucking awesome

>>	Anonymous Thu May 7 01:12:12 2015 No.7242701 >>7240505 >If they're as smart as us, they can be reasoned with, Yeah, say that in a prison or in downtown Detroit or Compton and see how far that gets you.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 7 01:15:01 2015 No.7242709 >>7242701 Compton is pretty nice in the day. t.- LAer

Anonymous Thu May 7 01:40:26 2015 No.7242759

>>7234131
>Octopi
While I admit they are cool that is probably not the best choice.
Octopi are extremely violent animals that lack in any sort of social nature even among their own kind. A octopi lives it's entire life in seclusion and they have a habit killing their prey in the most sadistic manner possible.

Basically if you gave them human level sapience they would either waste it by continuing the stick to themselves and never make anything resembling a society or they would smarten up enough to start working together and collectively turn their violent sociopathy outwards.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 7 01:42:26 2015 No.7242762 >>7242701 Blacks are stupid compared to us but are smarter than all non human animals(except certain cetaceans) Its their genetic hyper aggressiveness that gets in the way of using their intelligence.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 7 02:15:40 2015 No.7242802 >>7242759 >Basically if you gave them human level sapience they would either waste it by continuing the stick to themselves and never make anything resembling a society It's called /r9k/

>>	Anonymous Thu May 7 12:40:37 2015 No.7243631 >>7242701 >Implying they're as smart as us In all seriousness, there will always be a few members of a given species that will act out of line. The best way to avoid this is to choose a species that isn't hostile or territorial.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 7 13:34:46 2015 No.7243772 File: 11 KB, 250x241, CDt19xPVEAEQad2.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Horse

>>	Anonymous Thu May 7 16:51:37 2015 No.7244178 File: 80 KB, 400x346, 1406219329246.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7235643 >Heh heh heh hoi hop hiohiohiohio

>>	Anonymous Thu May 7 16:54:22 2015 No.7244180 I'd choose women.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 7 17:03:21 2015 No.7244198 What use would all that intelligence have if they can't handle tools?

>>	Anonymous Thu May 7 17:12:29 2015 No.7244224 >>7239293 What the flipping fuck is going on in that picture

>>	Anonymous Thu May 7 18:47:04 2015 No.7244424 >>7244224 A jumping jack ant trying to sting a huntsman spider with venom that will paralyze it so it's buddies can rip it apart.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 7 20:31:17 2015 No.7244678 >>7244424 Did it work?

>>	Anonymous Thu May 7 22:42:52 2015 No.7245029 >>7244678 Yep, I found the video. Do yourself a favor and mute the video before watching to avoid the shitty sound effects. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAggi3eqYhg

>>	Anonymous Thu May 7 22:48:41 2015 No.7245049 >>7234131 Octopuses would rape your waifus tho

>>	Anonymous Thu May 7 22:50:44 2015 No.7245052 >>7234435 Underrated post

>>	Anonymous Thu May 7 22:51:14 2015 No.7245054 kek what brought this rampant racism to /fit/ tho

>>	Anonymous Thu May 7 22:53:09 2015 No.7245059 >>7245054 >/fit/ Get the fuck out, cuckold.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 7 22:55:10 2015 No.7245063 >>7235633 Leda pls go

>>	Anonymous Thu May 7 23:57:01 2015 No.7245155 All the animals that people on here say are already as smart as humans are basically >le smart but lazy

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 00:14:54 2015 No.7245176 File: 22 KB, 399x400, 1418621776258.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7245155 Care to elaborate on that bullshit?

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 00:51:48 2015 No.7245206 >>7238433 And clearly you did not even read his fucking post. He clearly says "OP's pic got it right"

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 16:19:50 2015 No.7246606 File: 144 KB, 1360x768, 50751.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Penguins They'd need implants in order to be considered a threat And it would be horrifying

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 16:28:07 2015 No.7246622 File: 143 KB, 1360x768, 50752.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 16:49:18 2015 No.7246672 >>7246622 >>7246606 Fuck this made me laugh harder than it should have

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 21:15:06 2015 No.7247252 >>7234131 >I think it would be awesome to team up with octopi to build cool shit. The whole not being able to breath under water thing bothers me.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 21:47:11 2015 No.7247329 >octopi This triggers the autist in me.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 11:24:43 2015 No.7248082 File: 54 KB, 366x328, 1386034032424.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7234131 Abos

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 11:44:09 2015 No.7248107 File: 30 KB, 320x400, albino nigger.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7248082 ay mayne, dats racis

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 15:33:09 2015 No.7248559 File: 289 KB, 600x450, 2729_600.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] What about Siphonophores?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 15:39:44 2015 No.7248567 File: 1.99 MB, 419x253, Grab a handful.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7235083

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 15:46:18 2015 No.7248579 >>7234131 java rhinos. just a few animals away from extinction. easy to control. they will probably hate human kind though and be pretty depressed about their current state... poor java rhinos.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 15:48:34 2015 No.7248586 File: 144 KB, 904x508, 20150509_124341.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7235543 Never have I been so ready.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 15:50:58 2015 No.7248594 >>7248559 imagine all of your organs suddenly becoming sentient...

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 15:51:41 2015 No.7248596 >>7248559 Is that a chicken head?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 15:55:13 2015 No.7248607 >>7235850 NSFW: http://oglaf.com/goddessextraction/

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 16:03:35 2015 No.7248623 >>7248607 anon why

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 16:04:37 2015 No.7248626 File: 83 KB, 880x650, Equus Carcharis.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7234131 That's an easy one.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 16:15:30 2015 No.7248650 >>7239624 well I'm done

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 16:26:02 2015 No.7248673 >>7248586 Business would get a lot better for you.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 16:26:53 2015 No.7248677 >>7237535 would they have weird bee/tentacle porn? or ant x human porn?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 16:28:50 2015 No.7248679 >>7248677 We already have R34 anon.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 16:40:01 2015 No.7248688 >>7234131 A bird. That way I won't feel bad for shooting it when it shits on my car. Because it will have known better.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 16:41:37 2015 No.7248692 >>7234131 I vote we elevate niggers to human intelligence.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 16:43:07 2015 No.7248693 >>7248692 How creative and original of you...

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 16:43:18 2015 No.7248695 africans

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 16:43:22 2015 No.7248696 >anyone choosing an underwater species hope you enjoy your lack of fire faggot

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 17:54:32 2015 No.7248906 File: 2.00 MB, 297x360, 1427220674164.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 18:22:41 2015 No.7248979 >>7234131 Water bears for sure.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 20:40:00 2015 No.7249250 Lobsters

>>	Anonymous Sun May 10 01:20:13 2015 No.7249800 Nautilus.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 10 11:33:09 2015 No.7250499 File: 461 KB, 270x194, 1330770984998.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7248906 lol

>>	Anonymous Sun May 10 16:16:57 2015 No.7251062 my dick

>>	Anonymous Sun May 10 19:34:07 2015 No.7251558 >>7251062 It's not a /sci/ thread without a post like this

>>	Anonymous Sun May 10 20:33:31 2015 No.7251679 File: 17 KB, 460x288, tits2.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] tits

>>	Anonymous Sun May 10 20:39:04 2015 No.7251694 >>7234145 I came here with the intention to post this. Second choice would sponges because it would be funny to me.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 10 20:57:22 2015 No.7251737 File: 51 KB, 436x585, Raptor-dinosaur.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] they are to be the perfect lifeform

>>	Anonymous Sun May 10 21:14:14 2015 No.7251763 >>7238489 >name one Super easy to work with powers of 2.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 10 21:24:18 2015 No.7251781 >>7238477 > You try not getting caught in a 3 mile wide fishing net. I've managed to avoid every single day of my life so far. Git gud dolphin niggers

>>	Anonymous Sun May 10 21:25:13 2015 No.7251783 >>7234131 women.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 10 21:52:22 2015 No.7251817 >>7238489 Pfft, with that reasoning why not choose immortal jellyfish?

>>	Anonymous Sun May 10 21:57:28 2015 No.7251825 File: 1.90 MB, 2292x2700, 1292750519600.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7234131 Butterflies, but make them large and psychic too. http://www.baenebooks.com/10.1125/Baen/0743436075/0743436075___8.htm

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 01:53:28 2015 No.7252176 >>7238407 *they'd

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 02:16:01 2015 No.7252212 >>7235333 Dogs and corvids are more intelligent you pleb.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 09:17:59 2015 No.7252615 >>7234208 octopus are already really fucking clever. if i could give octopods something, it'd be a longer life. i'd give human intelligence to some kind of bird with decent oral abilities so it would learn to talk. some large cockatoo or parrot.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 09:22:36 2015 No.7252622 File: 23 KB, 400x296, bacteria[1].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] bacteria. we're all fucked

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 12:01:48 2015 No.7252840 File: 52 KB, 589x545, 1415768080124.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 13:41:06 2015 No.7253023 File: 51 KB, 480x640, Ash_Tree_-_geograph.org.uk_-_590710.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Trees!

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 13:47:51 2015 No.7253033 >>7252622 Bacteria are not animals.

Anonymous Mon May 11 13:55:21 2015 No.7253051
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Well first I would declare my self as a species other than human
Then make my species the same intelligence as human
Then declare myself human again
The system gets fucked up trying to make humans as smart as humans
All human intelligence is destroyed as a whole

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 14:01:27 2015 No.7253062 niggers

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