Which is truer:
A) Species with brains rarely become smarter over time, because their cognition is already optimized with regard to their body, senses, and environment: they wouldn't clearly benefit from a smarter brain (with higher resource consumption)
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A) Species with brains rarely become smarter over time, because their cognition is already optimized with regard to their body, senses, and environment: they wouldn't clearly benefit from a smarter brain (with higher resource consumption)
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B) There are inherent, near-universal evolutionary advantages in being smarter, and as such, most species with a complex brain are becoming smarter over time.
Also curious whether there's any evidence that wolves or giraffes or eagles are smarter today than 10M years ago...
Also curious whether there's any evidence that wolves or giraffes or eagles are smarter today than 10M years ago...
I believe it's mostly A, and as such, intelligence increases happen under environmental change and require co-evolution of brain, body, and social structures.
Many evolutionary coincidences were required to create the conditions for the development of human intelligence
Many evolutionary coincidences were required to create the conditions for the development of human intelligence
