I loved going to see them (well, their predecessors) as a kid. Sad to think that they might not be replaced. Best part of the DC zoo from the perspective of a 7 year old.
I’m in the really smart category with an IQ of 157. That has a frequency of about 10 in a million. I’ve met one other person in that range. He’s even smarter than I am, with a 1600 on his SATs which translates to a 160+ IQ.
In practice that translates to about a 3x clock speed in my brain. As when you overclock your computer, you reach a point where you get glitches and artifacting. This happens in my amygdala leading to treatment resistant depression. I have to get my brain hard rebooted once a month with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). I lose some recent memories like tv shows I’ve watched. I’d gladly trade a bunch of IQ points for feeling better consistently. I’m basically Marvin from HHGTTG.
Even the ones that are based on an electrical metabolism mostly need bipedals to feed them. Although there is some evidence they can feed on their own with an alternative carnivore metabolism, as can be seen in this reputable earthing publication:
It used to be illegal. Part of anti-trust was forcing IP owners to license their technology to everyone at a reasonable price. That means that reddit’s API price gouging would also have been illegal and tesla and apple would have had to license their FSD and OS to other hardware manufacturers. This ability to control other companies through abusive pricing and licensing lock-in is classic monopoly violation that the govt has stopped policing.
My wife enjoyed watching me play Alan Wake.