Emotions and intelligence

Does a high number of emotions make a species intelligent, the higher number of emotions the more intelligent the species becomes?

CrazyNeutrino said:

Emotions and intelligence

Does a high number of emotions make a species intelligent, the higher number of emotions the more intelligent the species becomes?

There might be some general and very fuzzy correlation.

More emotions probably works both ways can make you more empathic or more uncaring as a species

The Rev Dodgson said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

Emotions and intelligence

Does a high number of emotions make a species intelligent, the higher number of emotions the more intelligent the species becomes?

There might be some general and very fuzzy correlation.

That is because General Fuzzy is the emotion CIC………

seen as tools, and composites of tools, a tool kit, motivators for action, or thought and action.

the fleshy thing feels.

fleshy things take some looking after.

it’s good in a way that sensation of a home in your head, you know the feel of it.

the equilibrium, the workings, and effort maintaining that, challenges and potention disequilibrium.

or less thought too, and less action, as sometimes a response is little or no response.

CrazyNeutrino said:

Emotions and intelligence

Does a high number of emotions make a species intelligent, the higher number of emotions the more intelligent the species becomes?

I don’t think you can count number of emotions. You can discriminate between emotions and divide emotions up into different subclasses, but I don’t think that’s the same as counting them.

I’ve seen a film that illustrates that even a single celled Eukaryote can show fear in a way that is instantly recognisable. By cringing.

I’ve also noticed a correlation between anger and physical movement. Immobility suppresses anger. In animals, anyway. I’ve never known if plants can get angry.

There is also a connection between “stress” and suffocation, ie stress causes slight oxygen deprivation.

The emotion “shock” is well known in medicine to be identical to loss of blood.

>Does a high number of emotions make a species intelligent, the higher number of emotions the more intelligent the species becomes?

the propositions I suppose are

- do more intelligent species have a greater range of emotions
- is the greater range of emotions in some part responsible for greater intelligence

transition said:

>Does a high number of emotions make a species intelligent, the higher number of emotions the more intelligent the species becomes?

the propositions I suppose are

- do more intelligent species have a greater range of emotions
- is the greater range of emotions in some part responsible for greater intelligence

I would think it would mainly apply to social animals that require more detailed communication with each other to have the greatest number of emotions requiring expression. However these highly social animals also are usually the most intelligent.