I have a hard time seeing how intelligence could ever evolve in social creatures.
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@sarahdoingthing if smart p so smart they would be able to fool your coali. also many dumber people recognize value in those who are smarter -
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This is obviously true of modern academia/science, but seems also true of bandits (stationary or otherwise) farming humans. Or poker games.
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@sarahdoingthing Can the less intelligent really coordinate against truly dangerous minds? It just selects for deception. Cf poker. - 5 more replies
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@sarahdoingthing indeed, this probably selects for people who can model other people's minds well enough to avoid being got-rid-of. -
@byrneseyeview rewarding extreme sensitivity to social rejection
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@sarahdoingthing So why isn't this the case? Smart people can hide themselves? Communities need them when they are attacked by outsiders? -
@sebinsua I'm genuinely not sure
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@sarahdoingthing Maybe saved by DK effect. Only the scary smart know how scary they are, and why. -
@Black__Dwarf@sarahdoingthing :) I think it's actually an evolved instinct to be less trusting of smarter people. So the costs are always.
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