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Originally Posted by mike alexander
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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Thanks, Mike. Somehow, you have the ability to reduce what I spend hours wording into a few simple sentances. Then again, perhaps we both evolved to service differing areas of the population, those who might grasp whatever concept with a hint, and those to whom it took some detail.
The good news is that feel like we're on the same approach to final, here.
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