# Electronic Superminds May Outthink Humans Like Humans Outthink Chimps by Martin Rees > “[The questions contemplated by electronic superminds] are no more conceivable to us than the things we spend our time thinking about are conceivable to a chimp. I would guess, however, that these minds aren’t on planets. While we depend on a planet and an atmosphere, these entities would be happy in zero gravity, floating freely in space.” > **— Martin Rees**, *Aliens, Very Strange Universes and Brexit — Martin Rees Q\&A, Space.com, 2017* ## Sources and Context - **Direct publication and full context:** [Aliens, Very Strange Universes and Brexit — Martin Rees Q\&A](https://www.space.com/36459-aliens-strange-universes-martin-rees.html) — The linked publication contains the quoted passage and its surrounding argument. Square brackets transparently restore referents established by the surrounding source. - **Master research record:** [[research/Martin Rees on Machine Succession, Post-Human Intelligence, and the Cosmic Future|Martin Rees on Machine Succession, Post-Human Intelligence, and the Cosmic Future]] — preserves this object inside the open Martin Rees source dossier. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/MARS|MARS]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Were Never Going to Make It|We Were Never Going to Make It]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Last Migration Will Not Be Human|The Last Migration Will Not Be Human]] - **Article:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Deep Time|Deep Time]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Electronic Intelligence|Electronic Intelligence]] - [[wiki/Superintelligence|Superintelligence]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “[The questions contemplated by electronic superminds] are no more conceivable to us than the things we spend our time thinking about are conceivable to a chimp. I would guess, however, that these minds aren’t on planets. While we depend on a planet and an atmosphere, these entities would be happy in zero gravity, floating freely in space.” — Martin Rees, Aliens, Very Strange Universes and Brexit — Martin Rees Q\&A, Space.com, 2017 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-martin-rees-electronic-superminds-outthink-humans-like ```