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I'll offer some possibilities:

In terms of intelligence - mankind

In terms of being friendly - cats, dogs and dolphins

In terms of longevity - tardigrades (which I understand can survive 30 years in space) and redwoods.

Just a few examples. What do you think?

PhilX

Ble-green algae: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/bacteria/cyanointro.html
Been here, in the same form, much longer than other species have existed in any form; self-sufficient; efficient; self-replicating -
don't fight; don't suffer; don't die.

The Kombucha blob
http://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/28/garde ... wanted=all

Because it’s growing in there, it could be growing in you.

Walker wrote: ↑Mon Jun 19, 2017 2:34 am The Kombucha blob
http://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/28/garde ... wanted=all

Because it’s growing in there, it could be growing in you.

What this has to do with the OP is beyond me.

Did you notice the date of the article?

PhilX

Why yes, I did notice. In fact, I posted the article.

If you read the article your doubts would be erased.

I remember the times of the article.
The blob lived then.
The blob lived before me, and you.
The blob lives now, in all who drank of the blob.

The relevance is, if your definition of successful life form is to be found in longevity, so far the blob has you beat.

Thought that was obvious.

Walker wrote: ↑Mon Jun 19, 2017 3:43 am Why yes, I did notice. In fact, I posted the article.

If you read the article your doubts would be erased.

I remember the times of the article.
The blob lived then.
The blob lived before me, and you.
The blob lives now.

The Blob's in a deep freeze or dead now.

PhilX

The blob lives now, in all who drank of the blob.

The relevance is, if your definition of successful life form is to be found in longevity, so far the blob has you beat.

Thought that was obvious.

Walker wrote: ↑Mon Jun 19, 2017 3:49 am The blob lives now, in all who drank of the blob.

The relevance is, if your definition of successful life form is to be found in longevity, so far the blob has you beat.

Thought that was obvious.

The Blob is dead. That is obvious from the movie.

PhilX

Philosophy Explorer wrote: ↑Mon Jun 19, 2017 3:57 am

Walker wrote: ↑Mon Jun 19, 2017 3:49 am The blob lives now, in all who drank of the blob.

The relevance is, if your definition of successful life form is to be found in longevity, so far the blob has you beat.

Thought that was obvious.

The Blob is dead. That is obvious from the movie.

PhilX

Such affirmations are fine as talismans against the monster in the closet, but if they only correlate with delusion what ends the means but more of the same?