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Evolutionarily, it'd be the other way around. If members of a high caste are guaranteed wealth and many children, then there is no selective pressure for intel
by khrbrt 6y ago
Evolutionarily, it'd be the other way around.
If members of a high caste are guaranteed wealth and many children, then there is no selective pressure for intelligence.
Likewise, if lower caste members struggle to survive, then there is a strong selective pressure for intelligence and problem solving.
- eeZah7Ux 6y ago> If members of a high caste are guaranteed wealth and many children, then there is no selective pressure for intelligence. There absolutely no evidence of some "selective pressure for intelligence" in human societies. Please keep eugenics and similar out of HN.
- timwaagh 6y agobut there is... the most obvious being that massive energy-inefficient climate-changing head that serves you are using to write that sentence with. It serves no other purpose. There are studies too but the point is infinitely easier to accept if you consider whats right in front of you.