That makes them important in our lives, yes, but anonym’s comment compares us against the set of all possible intelligences (or at least all intelligences that might one day trace their descent from us humans). If so there should be an argument for their objective or absolute importance.
I don’t think they are objectively or absolutely the most important with respect to all intelligences, only to the most powerful intelligence we know of to this point. If we encountered a greater intelligence that used other principles that seemed more central to it, I’d revise my belief, as I would if somebody outlined on paper a convincing theory for a more powerful kind of intelligence that used other principles.
They may be far more important because we have no peers. That’s what makes it a competitive advantage.
That makes them important in our lives, yes, but anonym’s comment compares us against the set of all possible intelligences (or at least all intelligences that might one day trace their descent from us humans). If so there should be an argument for their objective or absolute importance.
I don’t think they are objectively or absolutely the most important with respect to all intelligences, only to the most powerful intelligence we know of to this point. If we encountered a greater intelligence that used other principles that seemed more central to it, I’d revise my belief, as I would if somebody outlined on paper a convincing theory for a more powerful kind of intelligence that used other principles.