There were animals with a surprising degree of cognitive ability - corvids and cephalapods, to name a couple - even before untold centuries of genetic and cybernetic augmentation. Many even had complex spatial reasoning, often adapted for the purposes of spaceflight control. Turning that into mathematical theory, and then posing a question, goes well beyond raw computational intelligence and awareness of its surrounding and into complex theory of mind.
Now there's just the small problem of interpreting that question. It's asking about the six hexarchate factions, that's clear enough, but asking what?
He reaches for the intercom panel and punches in the code for the spyhole Sasha is lurking in, while coming up with a Euler diagram to explain the crew's relationship with the hexarchate and the Wasp.
"Hey, Sasha," Alaric says, trying to sound casual. "If you're not too busy, I don't suppose you know anything about the history of moths? Like, for example, do they actually like the hexarchate?"
Re: Engineering - Paging Sasha (or whoever else feels like butting in)
There were animals with a surprising degree of cognitive ability - corvids and cephalapods, to name a couple - even before untold centuries of genetic and cybernetic augmentation. Many even had complex spatial reasoning, often adapted for the purposes of spaceflight control. Turning that into mathematical theory, and then posing a question, goes well beyond raw computational intelligence and awareness of its surrounding and into complex theory of mind.
Now there's just the small problem of interpreting that question. It's asking about the six hexarchate factions, that's clear enough, but asking what?
He reaches for the intercom panel and punches in the code for the spyhole Sasha is lurking in, while coming up with a Euler diagram to explain the crew's relationship with the hexarchate and the Wasp.
"Hey, Sasha," Alaric says, trying to sound casual. "If you're not too busy, I don't suppose you know anything about the history of moths? Like, for example, do they actually like the hexarchate?"