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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Higher intelligence is a cost in evolution, so it doesn't keep unless neccessary for survival.

[–] BogeyTheSwear@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

So we just make it really dangerous to be dumb.

[–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 2 points 1 week ago

This would be directed evolution, not natural selection, so we decide what to keep.