Lumifer comments on Open Thread for February 18-24 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 23 February 2014 04:45:39AM 10 points [-]

The best geography/climate to develop a civilization is not necessarily the best geography/climate to produce high intelligence. Early civilizations arose in places where agriculture was productive enough to generate significant surplus.