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Jumping in...

On 1 May 1995, Robin Faichney wrote:

> Adam Heath Clark (rubble@leland.Stanford.EDU) wrote:
> 
> >Even though intelligence
> >was only indirectly selected for in pre-civilized societies, and many

> you say "intelligence was only indirectly selected for in pre-civilized
> societies"?

This begs two questions: (1) What is intelligence, there are many 
sub-characteristics?  And, (2) given all of the 'features' that evolution 
could have produced, and probably did at one time or another, it seems 
logical that some (most?) evolutionary threads develop the amount and 
type of intelligence that 'fits.'  A worm has the amount of intelligence 
that it needs.  Those worms that are born with too much or too little 
probably have that much less of a chance to survive.  Comments?  Any 
animal psychologists out there?
 

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