What does it mean to love? Why do we die? What's going to be in the future? My pet bird might have more musical intelligence. The rats that are scurrying around the floor might have more spatial intelligence, but no other animals have existential intelligence. Part of the human condition is to think about questions of existence.
And I like to say every five year old has existential intelligence because five year olds are always asking, why this, why that? But the difference between a five year old and a philosopher, is the five year old doesn't pay too much attention to the answer.
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