Friday 23 November 2012

On the nature of human beings: are they intelligent?


[Background and Aim:] We report on recent progress towards understanding the nature of the primitive-technology dominant life forms found on the Planet 45-34B-3. Recently, many studies have argued that such life forms may indeed be marginally intelligent, mostly based on single-case studies or on their inferred technological progress.

[Method:] In order to test such claims, we have undertaken the first direct experiment with such life-forms, after carefully assessing their societies and economics, and, particularly, their odd-believes in what they call "God(s)". The experiment was carried out using the robotic-explorer45 (RB45), currently in orbit around 45-34B-3. For one 45-34B-3 orbit, (RB45) undertook 10 near-landings in carefully selected regions over the entire planet in order to obtain a significant sample and followed a carefully planned experiment. RB45 synthesised a sample of 100 different "products", most of which would be easily recognizable by such life-forms and can be classed as (but adapted for the local cultures and economies): i) Essential and survival products (food, water), ii) Advanced knowledge (in the local form of books and digital media), iii) Money (paper notes), iv) Medicine (non-existent cures for the most life-threatening diseases ), v) Arts (music, books, paintings) and vi) Weapons (guns, pistols, knives); these products were all selected as they seem to be somewhat valued throughout the planet, but also because their relative value [within the context of their societies] is very easy to obtain.



[Results:] The results fully reject the possibility of such life-forms being significantly intelligent as a whole, and show that such conclusion is valid throughout the planet. Indeed, more than 99% of the 100 000 life forms which were presented with the 100 different products did not hesitate in collecting the least valuable items (iii - Money), followed by the second-least valuable item (vi - Weapons). Moreover, they also ignored all the other items completely, until they had collected all the green paper and weapons, and they shown clear signs of joy. Interestingly, even in 2 regions which were clearly flagged as in an extreme need of food, such item was only picked as a third choice.

Nevertheless, we also find that 1% of the 100 000 life forms show evidence of intelligence, carefully analyzing all the products and picking them in the logical order of their real value based on the society they live in.

[Conclusions:] We therefore conclude that, whilst life-forms in 45-34B-3 are almost completely non-intelligent (~99%), their apparent technological and knowledge advances are fully driven by the ~1 % of their entire population. Based on this scenario of a significant technological progress of a society which is completely dominated and ruled by non-intelligent beings, we estimate that such life-forms will destroy themselves in 160±15 years.