jr <cre### [at] gmailcom> wrote:

> imagine then you're the controller/observer of two mazes, one contains a
> mould which is on its second maze, the other a human, naked no tools,
> also on their second maze.  previous maze layout was different.
>
> observing their behaviour, how could you tell one is (supposedly)
> "intelligent" while the other operates on "instinct"?

Well, you see, therein lies another attribute - the tool-using.

(Which also plays into wealth, property rights, Liberty, and
self-determination.)

Humans have evolved to use tools - which requires them to capitalize on wealth
(amassed food and resources) to leverage the free-time that wealth buys to
design and make those tools.  The conditions of your comparison are artificial.

A human would elevated himself above the maze, use a mirror, or a drone, or a
satellite photo.
Slime molds are still blindly oozing through mazes millions of years later...

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