• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 05:34
CEST 11:34
KST 18:34
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
[ASL19] Finals Recap: Standing Tall9HomeStory Cup 27 - Info & Preview18Classic wins Code S Season 2 (2025)16Code S RO4 & Finals Preview: herO, Rogue, Classic, GuMiho0TL Team Map Contest #5: Presented by Monster Energy6
Community News
Weekly Cups (June 30 - July 6): Classic Doubles0[BSL20] Non-Korean Championship 4x BSL + 4x China5Flash Announces Hiatus From ASL63Weekly Cups (June 23-29): Reynor in world title form?13FEL Cracov 2025 (July 27) - $8000 live event22
StarCraft 2
General
Weekly Cups (June 30 - July 6): Classic Doubles Program: SC2 / XSplit / OBS Scene Switcher The SCII GOAT: A statistical Evaluation Statistics for vetoed/disliked maps Weekly Cups (June 23-29): Reynor in world title form?
Tourneys
RSL: Revival, a new crowdfunded tournament series FEL Cracov 2025 (July 27) - $8000 live event Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament WardiTV Mondays Korean Starcraft League Week 77
Strategy
How did i lose this ZvP, whats the proper response Simple Questions Simple Answers
Custom Maps
[UMS] Zillion Zerglings
External Content
Mutation # 481 Fear and Lava Mutation # 480 Moths to the Flame Mutation # 479 Worn Out Welcome Mutation # 478 Instant Karma
Brood War
General
SC uni coach streams logging into betting site Player “Jedi” cheat on CSL Flash Announces Hiatus From ASL BW General Discussion Practice Partners (Official)
Tourneys
[BSL20] Non-Korean Championship 4x BSL + 4x China CSL Xiamen International Invitational The Casual Games of the Week Thread [BSL20] Grand Finals - Sunday 20:00 CET
Strategy
Simple Questions, Simple Answers I am doing this better than progamers do.
Other Games
General Games
Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Path of Exile Nintendo Switch Thread What do you want from future RTS games? Beyond All Reason
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread Vanilla Mini Mafia
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Stop Killing Games - European Citizens Initiative Summer Games Done Quick 2024! Summer Games Done Quick 2025! Russo-Ukrainian War Thread
Fan Clubs
SKT1 Classic Fan Club! Maru Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
Anime Discussion Thread [Manga] One Piece [\m/] Heavy Metal Thread
Sports
Formula 1 Discussion 2024 - 2025 Football Thread NBA General Discussion TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023 NHL Playoffs 2024
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
Blogs
Culture Clash in Video Games…
TrAiDoS
from making sc maps to makin…
Husyelt
Blog #2
tankgirl
StarCraft improvement
iopq
Trip to the Zoo
micronesia
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 683 users

Bird Brain

Blogs > FiveHundred
Post a Reply
FiveHundred
Profile Blog Joined April 2017
109 Posts
April 13 2017 21:17 GMT
#1
I didn't think I would be posting another blog so soon, but I had a bizarre experience today.

I was on Diablo, like usual, grinding random shit because why not, and some dude entered the game and started ranting about evolution. He'd bought the latest Richard Dawkins book "My Life in Science" and thought Dawkins was completely wrong.

So this guy actually argued with me that birds could think, and that moreover, birds were "steering the ecosystem" or some nonsense of that nature. The guy said he was "not on LSD" but felt like he was tripping, and was pretending to talk to his cat.

Apparently the cat's fur was "refracting his thoughts into the sky" and further, the cat "thought he was a god".

The guy was probably on drugs, since a lot of Diablo players smoke weed that doesn't really bother me, although I don't know that people should ever take stuff like LSD since it really could be bad for your brain.

Whatever he was doing/on/thinking about, arguing with him really bothered me, and I started to imagine "evolution by thought".

I guess you could argue that thought is one rubric by which something could evolve, and that DNA might be just a second leg. It would be kind of interesting if instead of survival of the fittest by the standard of Dawkins' "Selfish Gene" (which is probably all of Dawkins I will ever read)... if there were some kind of ecological evolution as well.

I could imagine there being a survival mechanism of some sort being guided by thinking and the ability to simulate. With humans heading into the digital era and various virtual realities corresponding, it seems like "thinking" might be a sort of ecological compass.

I realized I don't really have a problem with biological evolution corresponding with some kind of psychological ecological evolution. It seems likely to me that simply specializing in individuated survival is probably not as robust an equilibrium as one that is also ecological.

*****
Recipient of a divinity survey. Users can identify you by your password. A cat is a fully-explained dog.
HornyHerring
Profile Joined March 2011
Papua New Guinea1059 Posts
April 13 2017 23:34 GMT
#2
You had me at cat fur refracting his thoughts into the sky.
oh, hai
FiveHundred
Profile Blog Joined April 2017
109 Posts
April 14 2017 08:01 GMT
#3
On April 14 2017 08:34 HornyHerring wrote:
You had me at cat fur refracting his thoughts into the sky.


This is beginning to eat away at me. I have always had the highest regard for cats, and now my faith is wavering. Why do they have hairballs? it seems absurd for so noble a creature with its language to be a pessimist. The fact of hairballs is unnerving. Of course hairballs are related to the fur, I should now like to believe that cats are like Raichus, as surely small cats do not eat their fur.

The question itself seems poisonous.

I am regretting having spoken to this fellow on Diablo. I play hardcore and you can see these sorts of quandries are likely to kill my character if they absorb my focus at a crucial moment.
Recipient of a divinity survey. Users can identify you by your password. A cat is a fully-explained dog.
AndreasHeideman
Profile Joined February 2017
Sweden30 Posts
April 17 2017 10:21 GMT
#4
cool thoughts
Relationships are like computer games. It ends fast when CHEATS exist. / https://diabloii.nu
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Next event in 1h 26m
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
Creator 1
StarCraft: Brood War
Hyuk 1065
Soma 273
sSak 106
Sharp 73
Aegong 32
sorry 32
Mind 26
yabsab 19
zelot 18
Free 17
[ Show more ]
Bale 7
IntoTheRainbow 5
ivOry 2
Dota 2
XaKoH 563
XcaliburYe391
Counter-Strike
shoxiejesuss676
Super Smash Bros
Mew2King241
Other Games
ceh9761
Stewie2K655
Pyrionflax215
crisheroes189
SortOf148
rGuardiaN94
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick28450
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 13 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• Berry_CruncH373
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
Dota 2
• lizZardDota2254
League of Legends
• HappyZerGling113
Upcoming Events
Wardi Open
1h 26m
Replay Cast
14h 26m
Sparkling Tuna Cup
1d
WardiTV European League
1d 6h
MaNa vs sebesdes
Mixu vs Fjant
ByuN vs HeRoMaRinE
ShoWTimE vs goblin
Gerald vs Babymarine
Krystianer vs YoungYakov
PiGosaur Monday
1d 14h
The PondCast
2 days
WardiTV European League
2 days
Jumy vs NightPhoenix
Percival vs Nicoract
ArT vs HiGhDrA
MaxPax vs Harstem
Scarlett vs Shameless
SKillous vs uThermal
uThermal 2v2 Circuit
2 days
Replay Cast
2 days
RSL Revival
3 days
ByuN vs SHIN
Clem vs Reynor
[ Show More ]
Replay Cast
3 days
RSL Revival
4 days
Classic vs Cure
FEL
4 days
RSL Revival
5 days
FEL
5 days
FEL
5 days
Sparkling Tuna Cup
6 days
RSL Revival
6 days
FEL
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

BSL Season 20
HSC XXVII
Heroes 10 EU

Ongoing

JPL Season 2
BSL 2v2 Season 3
Acropolis #3
KCM Race Survival 2025 Season 2
CSL 17: 2025 SUMMER
Copa Latinoamericana 4
Jiahua Invitational
Championship of Russia 2025
RSL Revival: Season 1
Murky Cup #2
BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025
ESL Impact League Season 7
IEM Dallas 2025
PGL Astana 2025
Asian Champions League '25
BLAST Rivals Spring 2025
MESA Nomadic Masters
CCT Season 2 Global Finals
IEM Melbourne 2025

Upcoming

2025 ACS Season 2: Qualifier
CSLPRO Last Chance 2025
CSL Xiamen Invitational
2025 ACS Season 2
CSLPRO Chat StarLAN 3
K-Championship
uThermal 2v2 Main Event
SEL Season 2 Championship
FEL Cracov 2025
Esports World Cup 2025
StarSeries Fall 2025
FISSURE Playground #2
BLAST Open Fall 2025
BLAST Open Fall Qual
Esports World Cup 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall Qual
IEM Cologne 2025
FISSURE Playground #1
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2025 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.