the principles of the divine

[napkin wisdom]

"It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value."
-Arthur C Clarke

That might be what does make Intelligence of *any* value at all--just as it happens with Beauty and Grace-: its suspected unnecessariness, its elusive ornamental condition which finds no reason d'être other than... Being. (*)

Everything divine is but a tautology of sorts... and viceversa. Ain´t it? =)

Like Borges said and I quoted before: -"This imminence of a revelation which does not occur is, perhaps, the aesthetic phenomenon."

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(*) I am tempted to add "Love" to the list, but I won´t as I deem love as of value to our species survival.

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Shiki [deleted] says:

Being is divine if we have the intelligence to realise it? :)
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³ says:

I *like* your line of thought! :D

Yeah!!!
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³ says:

I love that quote too, Ed. Thanks for bringing it here.... very in order. =)
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

alternatePhotography says:

Ah, great words coming out in this post!!! Tautology....may have to grab that GEB book for the beach trip!

lol at napkin wisdom, but many a good thing has been established on napkins :-)
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

davesbit says:

then there is that quaint old Asimov story
breeds there a man...?
which suggest the contrary :-)
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

PhOtOnQuAnTiQuE says:

French« L'homme n'est pas le seul animal qui pense, mais il est le seul animal à penser qu'il n'est pas un animal. » Nicolas Hulot

Anglais« Human kind is not the only animal to think, but he is the only one to think that he is not an animal » Nicolas Hulot

I would follow this point of view, by adding that Human kind is not the only smart animal on earth (and beyond...).
But he is the only one to believe that, his form of intelligence...is the only one, to be usefull...at the end....
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

Alan Jordan says:

The deal with intelligence is that it's only one of the traits you need along industriousness, and being able to work with others. It's also one of those traits that's easy to make use of from others. You can ask other people questions, you can hire experts, you can copy other peoples' bright ideas.

If there is a question about whether intelligence has any survival value, it's only whether it has survival value for the individual possessing it. Intelligence obviously has survival value for the species.

It's the human's brain that allowed it to become the dominant species. Physically humans are the weakest of the great apes.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

Martin Kimeldorf's Pixel Playground says:

boy this one hits right to the core....thanks!
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

The Mainzelmann says:

"Brain is overestimated anyway.
Most plants make it without."
-- from a US sitcom
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

trumpetflickr says:

I would like to add some thoughts about intelligence and survival.

Of all species, we humans are the only ones who are actively engaged in the pursuit of our own destruction. What makes us intelligent however is not this fact, but rather that some of us see this evil, and have so far been able to stop it.

Just think how many times over we can nuke the planet and you get the idea, we live in a very fragile world, and only some little intelligence prevents it from being obliterated into oblivion.

Oh... and my favorite quote by Mr. Thomas Alva Edison:

"I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that exists - proves that there are infinite laws behind it. There can be no denying this fact. It is mathematical in its precision."

... and that is why we survive, it is not our time yet.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³ says:

Talking survival...

Long live to Sir Arthur C. Clark.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

trumpetflickr says:

The world has lost a great writer, and a kind man who always thought the best about the human species.

Here's what I wrote about his passing:
jhurtado.tumblr.com/post/29230440

RIP Sir Arthur C. Clarke.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

polyesterday [deleted] says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Song Lyric/Quote Art, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

Dead Air says:

Hi! Your photo matches our theme this week in the Weekly Theme Photography Group! You are cordially invited to post your photo to the group next to the other images that contain this theme.

This Week's Theme is Logic!
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

Blunder says:

Exactly, look at one of the oldest surviving animals, the ostrich.
If you just put your pea brain head in the sand all the time, your chances of survival are phenomenal.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Paul Sayer says:

I love this picture. I have used it on my blog: Life's Grand Mosaic

Thank you
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

purple0 says:

True love is an expression of ones own heart
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

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