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I firmly believe that raw intelligence has little to do with our lead as a species, and it may even be the case that there are numerous animals with more raw in
by Taek 6y ago
I firmly believe that raw intelligence has little to do with our lead as a species, and it may even be the case that there are numerous animals with more raw intelligence than humans, especially predators.
Our advantage comes from our ability to pass information on to eachother. A piece of knowledge that took 10,000 hours of thinking, observing, and experimenting to come by may only take 4 hours to pass on.
Humans can do this much better than any other animal. That's a skill borne of communication advantages, not raw intelligence advantages.
- dj_mc_merlin 6y agoPerhaps, but animals do not seem to understand abstract concepts as well as us. This may be linked to language too. Without the ability to make analogies in their brain, no crocodile will figure out the worlds made of atoms or if you rub sticks really quickly they make fire.
- qayxc 6y ago> I firmly believe that raw intelligence has little to do with our lead as a species This statement carries no meaning unless you define what "raw intelligence" is.