> intelligence could be an emergent phenomena of smaller, simpler, mechanistic interacting components I think the parent's point is that this idea is already t

> intelligence could be an emergent phenomena of smaller, simpler, mechanistic interacting components I think the parent's point is that this idea is already taken for granted, rather than a "rethinking". After all, our intelligences are the product of neurons and chemical signalling. That intelligence is an emergent phenomenon seems like a given.