I do, too. That's why, while I see a beehive or a spiderweb as examples of tool manufacture, I don't consider those organisms to be particularly generally intelligent.
Okay; So I think Oni is using "making tools" to be talking more about your
general intelligence than your "examples of tool manufacture". I don't think "intelligence" is the right word, though. More like: Cognition?
However, general abstract intelligence of the type needed to analyze a problem and creatively design a solution in an adaptive manner is not unique to humans
I don't think that point is under contention.
What we're looking at, basically, is the difference between intelligence and general intelligence.
So like?: that which is innate (instinct) vs. that which is analyzation (Cognition)?
I have more to address, but not the time. Simple (short) answers to my questions will help me more when I get back.
Other animals are generally intelligent also. There are simply more limiting factors in the specific criteria of "tool fabrication" than "intelligence."
Yes. This. But don't let simple descriptions lead you to simple conceptions. GTG.
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