>Nature is pretty good at optimization. Only if there is a benefit to doing so. If it was simply a case of "nature can optimize really well" then we would exp

>Nature is pretty good at optimization. Only if there is a benefit to doing so. If it was simply a case of "nature can optimize really well" then we would expect to find many species at or near the limit of intelligence, not just one. Other species did not have the evolutionary pressure to cause as high of intelligence to be selected for. It is very reasonable to think that we also did not have the evolutionary pressure necessary to cause us to have even higher intelligence than we do.