Dmytry comments on Brain shrinkage in humans over past ~20 000 years - what did we lose? - Less Wrong

15 Post author: Dmytry 18 February 2012 10:17PM

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Comment author: Dmytry 19 February 2012 03:58:12PM *  0 points [-]

I don't see how the theory that aggressive tendencies were bred out would undermine in any way the hypothesis that intelligence has decreased along with brain size. If we simply bred to be more juvenile as a quick fix for the aggression, that would cause a drop in intelligence. Also I don't see the data on correlation between brain volume and aggression.