Does our universe have a hard limit for biological intelligence?

>>8396446
>Does our universe have a hard limit for biological intelligence? Is it possible that human-level intelligence is about as intelligent as a life-form can be?
Yes.

>Or is it still possible that an alien species can exceed human-level intelligence by an unfathomable amount (e.g. IQ of 10,000 or something)?
Yup.

why don't they just create a massive brain like creature via genetic engineering and find out.

shouldn't be too hard. imagine a massive brain connected to some kind of I/O device.

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>>8396446
Why ask questions with no definitive answer.

Hope this board gets deleted in the upcoming purge, it's a fucking cesspool.

>>8396470
>Why ask questions with no definitive answer.
brainlet detected

>>8396470
why ask a question which has an definitive answer? you could just google it.

>>8396468
Bigger brains does not necessary means smarter brains

>>8396470
Because idiots love to blither wih each other about dumb shit like aliens and metaphysical bullshit.

It stimulates their puny brains.

>>8396662
Is not science of course, but it can be inspiring and generate interest and more people can get involved and study it, some actual inventions and discoveries was inspired on syfy concepts, you need to dream about things before making them real ones

>>8396662
if you are a real scientific you probably didn't born that way, you probably had tons of questions about the world around you.. and this curiosity guided you in to becoming one

>>8396659
this shit meme needs to die. there isn't a single mammal with a large brain that isn't considered unusually intelligent.

even new Caledonian crows which are considered the smartest birds have the largest brains of the birds.

large(r) brains more or less guarantee higher intelligence

>>8396763
The cortical folds are probably more relevant in this matter

>>8396763
There's probably an upper limit where size becomes an issue in signal transduction

>>8397000
triple 0's of truth

There is probably a limit to how much information one can process without overwhelming the information center (brain) so yeah.
On a less hipothetical note, brains consume a shit ton of energy. Evolution doesnt favour an organ that has a tremendous cost for the organism so that is a real limiting factor.

>>8396662

UNLIKE MY MASSIVE BRAIN WHICH IS SUPERIOR AND IS THE ARBITER OF ALL WORTHWHILE DISCUSSION TOPICS

you sperglord wanker

>>8397362

>Spergs out
>Calls others sperglord

Hahaha!
Entertain me some more, you utter imbecile.

>>8396446
>Does our universe have a hard limit for biological intelligence?
Yes
>Is it possible that human-level intelligence is about as intelligent as a life-form can be?
Absolutely not.

>>8397000
right, because folds = more surface area also directly related to intelligence.

>>8397367
nice b8 m8