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Re:Has humanity reached ‘peak intelligence’? by creddit on Friday April 02, 2021 @05:34PM (#26676225)
It's important for many people's belief systems that intelligence is unaffected by physical/evolutionary factors.
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Re:Has humanity reached ‘peak intelligence’? by jpxw on Friday April 02, 2021 @05:39PM (#26676268)
It’s impossible to be politically correct these days unless you buy that theory.

The idea that evolution stops at the neck seems completely laughable to me.

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Re:Has humanity reached ‘peak intelligence’? by reducesuffering on Friday April 02, 2021 @05:45PM (#26676319)
According to Gwern's theory[0], there's no point dying on this hill right now as future genetic testing will illuminate reality.

[0]https://www.gwern.net/Mistakes#iq

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