I’d take it a step further—there is no evolutionary chain. A chain implies linear direction. I’d argue it’s more like a rhizome, evolving in a rather random direction at every moment. Intelligence as we know it is just (1) a single arbitrary attribute and (2) a single arbitrary form of intelligence. Something with more capacity toward intelligence might not even share the same kind of intelligence as us, which could mean their logic would be incomprehensible.
I’d take it a step further—there is no evolutionary chain. A chain implies linear direction. I’d argue it’s more like a rhizome, evolving in a rather random direction at every moment. Intelligence as we know it is just (1) a single arbitrary attribute and (2) a single arbitrary form of intelligence. Something with more capacity toward intelligence might not even share the same kind of intelligence as us, which could mean their logic would be incomprehensible.
Yeah, afterall, evolution is just about whatever fits the environmental conditions well enough to stay for long.