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<blockquote data-quote="El Mahdi" data-source="post: 4517003" data-attributes="member: 59506">Oooh, I like that.&nbsp; It still requires a predator/prey relationship to achieve sentience, but it's the prey that acheives this.&nbsp; Very nice.&nbsp; It would be important to keep these defensive strategies from being adversarial or they would just be a sentient version of terrestrial herbivore herds.&nbsp; Maybe the insight into non-adversarial defense is what tips their evolution towards higher sentience.&nbsp; Terrestrial herds survive through numbers and adversarial defensive adaptions.&nbsp; Other than domesticated herbivores, I don't think their are any on earth that don't use some form of adversarial defense (horns, antlers, hooves, sheer bulk, etc.).&nbsp; Any predator of these animals knows not to take on healthy adults, that's why they mostly predate on the sick, weak, and young.&nbsp; They may go after a healthy adult, but usually only if it's isolated and they can bring sheer number to bear upon it.&nbsp;In a way this could be applied to humans also.&nbsp; Humans were probably prey almost as much as predator.&nbsp; Maybe as far as sentient development, being on top of the food chain, all of the time, may actually lead to mental stagnation rather than continued improvement.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="El Mahdi, post: 4517003, member: 59506"] Oooh, I like that. It still requires a predator/prey relationship to achieve sentience, but it's the prey that acheives this. Very nice. It would be important to keep these defensive strategies from being adversarial or they would just be a sentient version of terrestrial herbivore herds. Maybe the insight into non-adversarial defense is what tips their evolution towards higher sentience. Terrestrial herds survive through numbers and adversarial defensive adaptions. Other than domesticated herbivores, I don't think their are any on earth that don't use some form of adversarial defense (horns, antlers, hooves, sheer bulk, etc.). Any predator of these animals knows not to take on healthy adults, that's why they mostly predate on the sick, weak, and young. They may go after a healthy adult, but usually only if it's isolated and they can bring sheer number to bear upon it. In a way this could be applied to humans also. Humans were probably prey almost as much as predator. Maybe as far as sentient development, being on top of the food chain, all of the time, may actually lead to mental stagnation rather than continued improvement. [/QUOTE]

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