Re: Jurassic Intelligence

[kathleen bernal <n9341438@fozzie.cc.wwu.edu>]

I don't know that our being seccessful generalists holds much water. We 
are successful at this time (more of a dominant factor than a generalist 
factor?  a little hubris and egocentricity mixed in for good measure?)   But 
giving you the benefit of your opinion, I'll just say that our success 
may prove to be our down fall as we propell ourselves towards the same 
fate as dinosaurs.

On Sat, 13 May 1995 Aardy@aol.com wrote:

> "Intelligent creatures may become too specialized"?  This seems rather an odd
> comment.  Quite the opposite seems true to me.  The most intelligent
> creatures that I'm aware of (primates, mostly) seem to be pretty successful
> generalists -- humans, in particular!
> 
> I agree that technology is not the inevitable result of intelligence.
>  However, I do think the primary evolutionary disadvantage in advanced
> intelligence is that it provides an organism the ability to pursue technology
> to the point of endangering nature and its own specie (as we prove EVERY
> DAY!!)
>