I think one point missed by this is that the vast majority of outcomes for species in a "darwinian" environment is extinction. We look at evolution with a very

I think one point missed by this is that the vast majority of outcomes for species in a "darwinian" environment is extinction. We look at evolution with a very rosy lens because we ended up on the top of the food chain. Unintelligent prokaryotes far and away dominate the "darwinian" world. Intelligent species have vastly less control over their environment as they think they do.