From: Damien Broderick (thespike@earthlink.net)
Date: Fri Dec 13 2002 - 17:42:12 MST
Robert J. Bradbury mused:
> how good
> ones "intelligence" is that one could remain "concentrated" for much of
> the time but then disperse when the hazard function increases. It raises
> the question of whether mind "dispersal" could place a fundamental limit
> on longevity because you would reduce your intelligence below
> that necessary
> to predict ones hazard function with sufficient reliability.
>
> I think this is a novel concept as I haven't encountered it in any of
> the aging/longevity literature previously.
It's the question of the doggie pack intelligences in Vinge's A FIRE UPON
THE DEEP, and `The Blabber'. I don't know that he dealt exactly with this
issue, but it's latent there.
Damien Broderick
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