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our idea of intelligence basically boils down to "can you communicate with it easily?"

That's just the main way we are able to recognize intelligence. At least thus far we have had a devil of a time figuring out how to identify intelligence in the absence of communication.

The eyes might be windows to the soul, but communication is the best window to the brain that I know of.



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