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Yes, but being able to work productively in larger groups often means more for sophisticated tool use than an individual's intelligence.
by Symmetry 5y ago
Yes, but being able to work productively in larger groups often means more for sophisticated tool use than an individual's intelligence.
- astrange 5y ago"Intelligence" is a vague complementary attribute like "attractiveness" and it doesn't seem like you can do anything with the concept except make post-hoc fallacies with it. Nothing that "lacks intelligence" (a monkey, a person with dementia, a person who reads slowly) behaves all that similarly or is actually lacking the same single thing that causes them to "not be intelligent".
- canadianfella 5y ago>"Intelligence" is a vague complementary attribute like "attractiveness" and it doesn't seem like you can do anything with the concept except make post-hoc fallacies with it. That’s just something unintelligent people say. It’s very easy to make predictions based on intelligence that are easily testable.
- namenotrequired 5y agoIntelligence of the members is exactly what allows working productively in larger groups. See for instance: dunbar's number and how it was derived