Makes sense, though, doesn't it? An elephant's trunk is the fusion of its nose and upper lip, wouldn't that be the location where the mystacial vibrissae (whiskers) be located on any other mammal, making these homologous to e.g. cat's whiskers, which are highly sensitive?
squeefers•1h ago
sure, elephants exhibit material intelligence (whatever that means), but the individual whiskers? and also i thought cats whiskers could only determine the width rather than the texture of a gap theyre trying to fit through, though maybe cats also "feel" texture through whiskers
chrisjj•1h ago
Intelligence. Oh dear. As if the word wasn't getting enough abuse already these days...
pixl97•49m ago
At the same time it's getting kind of annoying that 'intelligence' is only something that humans have and nothing else can posses it simply because people are getting AI burnout.
kakacik•33m ago
Hey, if we can 'teach molecules' (another great topic of today here), for sure whiskers can 'exhibit material intelligence'. I have rather low bar, not a scientist so my eyes are not bleeding. But sure as hell these hurt.
ane•1h ago
squeefers•1h ago