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Why do we assume that intelligence is the normal progression for evolving species? Human intelligence so vastly exceeds the problem-solving requirements of survival that it seems more accidental than probable.
Remember, evolution doesn't select for flourishing, just for survival. In almost every category, from language to reason to art, human intellectual capacity far, far exceeds anything that could be justified on the basis of survival.
Why assume that other life-forms had the same happy accident in their evolutionary progression?
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