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John_Maxwell_IV comments on Thermodynamics of Intelligence and Cognitive Enhancement - Less Wrong Discussion

8 Post author: CasioTheSane 03 April 2014 11:17PM

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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 04 April 2014 05:50:16AM 7 points [-]

By changing selection pressures and by not having been around for very long.

Comment author: christopherj 04 April 2014 03:20:53PM 2 points [-]

That sounds plausible. Of course it also sounds plausible as an explanation for rapidly increasing the evolution of intelligence.