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I doubt we're more intelligent than apes. We just have some specialized language machinery that allowed a new parasitic species (memes) to evolve on top of us.
by erikpukinskis 10y ago
I doubt we're more intelligent than apes. We just have some specialized language machinery that allowed a new parasitic species (memes) to evolve on top of us. We're just apes with a "copy" button in our brains. We look intelligent, but that's just because we're being farmed by memes.
The memes aren't smart either, but the 2-layer system is smarter than any 1-layer system.
- hyperpallium 10y agoOur brains are much larger than apes' (IIRC about 4x), but survival advantage based on memes could well have provided the gradient. BTW yes, I have read The Selfish Gene, where Dawkins coined the term and concept.
- marknutter 10y agoBut you and Dawkins.. oh yes, you're much more intelligent than apes..