A post argues intelligence can live in body shape, not just in brains
MarwaEldiwiny · x · 2026-07-25
A post argues intelligence can be embodied in morphology, not just brains
The author says brains, morphology, and environment interact through a fitness function.
- Some organisms can exhibit intelligent behavior even without brains, because the structure of the body itself encodes useful behavior.
- The post frames intelligence as something that can be embodied rather than purely computed.
- It closes with a simple contrast: humans do not have feathers, and snakes do not have legs, because evolution explores many different solutions rather than one universal design.
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