Ehn. If other animals are so smart, why aren’t they rich?
I think you can make a strong argument that processing culture is more important than raw innovative ability for growth over time. I don’t think you can make much of an argument that any beast but us has a mix of the two that has allowed significant sustained improvements in individual or species longevity or adaptation to environment.
If we define intelligence purely by how successful someone is, then we run into a ton of issues. For example, is a billionaire who inherited their wealth but failed out of high school smarter than a middle class college professor?
I’m not arguing that other species are more successful than humans. I’m using the more intuitive definition of intelligence (problem solving capability/ability to innovate).
Ehn. If other animals are so smart, why aren’t they rich?
I think you can make a strong argument that processing culture is more important than raw innovative ability for growth over time. I don’t think you can make much of an argument that any beast but us has a mix of the two that has allowed significant sustained improvements in individual or species longevity or adaptation to environment.
If we define intelligence purely by how successful someone is, then we run into a ton of issues. For example, is a billionaire who inherited their wealth but failed out of high school smarter than a middle class college professor?
I’m not arguing that other species are more successful than humans. I’m using the more intuitive definition of intelligence (problem solving capability/ability to innovate).