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+⧖I don't really get evolution. I mean I read this book, very interesting, but I don't really understand why every animal isn't intelligent. It seems like the most useful trait by far and one that would be easily selected for since smarter creatures would have a better survival rate. Random mutations of things like air-breathing lungs and wings would be way harder to select for. Let's talk wings for a second. Birds come from reptiles, I can buy that. But an animal can only fly if it has a lot goi… I don't really get evolution. I mean I read this book, very interesting, but I don't really understand why every animal isn't intelligent. It seems like the most useful trait by far and one that would be easily selected for since smarter creatures would have a better survival rate. Random mutations of things like air-breathing lungs and wings would be way harder to select for. Let's talk wings for a second. Birds come from reptiles, I can buy that. But an animal can only fly if it has a lot goi…
𓀐 @jnJ?-Kcq: >>25582683 You've demonstrated a total lack of understanding of the mechanism at play. There is no agent thinking "wow, it would be great if we developed intelligence". The only pathway is if one generation has more and less intelligent members and the more intelligent ones have a survival/reproduction edge. And as others have mentioned, most species go through periods of time when food is scarce, and having a complex brain is resource intensive, meaning you starve to death quicker if you have…

>>25582834 >You've demonstrated a total lack of understanding of the mechanism at play. Natural selection is an imaginary abstraction that is tautological by the nature of its inception, so you tell me.

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