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> Is there a level cap for fish intelligence where an individual fish won't gain any more benefit from increased intelligence? Think of it this way: intelligen
by SideburnsOfDoom 6y ago
> Is there a level cap for fish intelligence where an individual fish won't gain any more benefit from increased intelligence?
Think of it this way: intelligence has costs (metabolic, anatomical, etc) as well as benefits. At some point, costs outweigh benefits. That point is highly dependant on environment.
- yreg 6y agoThe brain size has metabolic/anatomical costs. What physiological costs does a 180 IQ human pay compared to one with IQ 80?
- nradov 6y agoThere is some evidence that high intelligence is correlated with mental and physical disorders. So there probably is a cost. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bad-news-for-the-highly-intelligent/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bad-news-for-the-...
- SideburnsOfDoom 6y agoanatomical, and I had this example in mind: > The size of the neonatal skull is large relative to the dimensions of the birth canal in the female pelvis. This is the reason why childbirth is slower and more difficult in humans than in most other primates. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/04/150422104244.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/04/150422104244.h... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obstetrical_dilemma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obstetrical_dilemma
- TheGallopedHigh 6y agoYou’re missing out on societal costs as well. We as humans needed civilizations, eg farming, where one person could cultivate more than one persons food thereby freeing up time for others in the community to work on other things. If a community doesn’t have that the cost is too high to let one person whittle away days trying to invent.