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Originally Posted by Fuzz
Well yes of course some animals have adaptations that we don't. Your dog recognizing a sound, I wouldn't call that intelligence so much as a reaction. A lot of what you describe is instinct, but it could also be placed no the intelligence spectrum. Plenty of animals live in places they shouldn't and evolve to it or die out.
I guess my point is we aren't all that much different from animals, what sets us apart is what I mentioned before.
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Couldn't all of our intelligence (or the evolution of our intelligence) be attributed to instinct as well?
As I kind of alluded to, is the ability to ignore instinct and actually act against our own interest (or the interest of our species) a sign of greater intelligence?