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Comment author: DanielLC 28 November 2014 06:23:51AM 0 points [-]

In the case of a generation ship, you can just use selective breeding to keep people intelligent.

Comment author: Baughn 28 November 2014 07:24:08PM 0 points [-]

Presuming you can maintain a social structure for that many generations. Since you also need to maintain the ship, staying intelligent falls out as a subgoal of staying alive.