On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 19:26:11 -0000, Tim Streater wrote:

In article , William Gothberg
wrote:

On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 17:57:01 -0000, Tim Streater
wrote:

In article , William Gothberg
wrote:

On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 14:58:06 -0000, Tim Streater
wrote:

In article , Liam Roberts
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On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 08:57:06 -0000, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

That puts the plague pretty high up your list of 'superior species'.

But its IQ is about 0.0000001. And it's not a species, it's even less
than a plant.

It is, I'm afraid. From Winky:

"Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia
pestis."

Bacteria is not equal to plant. Neither is yeast, mould, fungus, etc.

It's still a species, though, which is what we're discussing.

Not a significant one.

Good. So you agree it's a species.

Irrelevant, see "your list of 'superior species'" still quoted above.