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Old 09-May-2008, 07:34 PM
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What EtaC and Mugaliens said. Both are very good comments.

For that matter, the idea of a generalized, independent thing called intelligence seems to me to fly in the face of evolution. Whatever intelligence is, it doesn't exist outside of the local environment where it is applied and selected for. A highly intelligent Bushman might very well get himself quickly killed in rush-hour New York, and an intelligent Manhattanite might very well quickly starve to death in the Outback.
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