My thinking is that one of the biggest reasons humans managed to dominate is basically 3x more brainpower combined with ways to get rid of the heat necessary to support brainpower, which requires sweating all over the body.
Essentially it’s the scaling hypothesis applied to biological systems.
And since intelligence can be used for any goal, it’s not surprising that intelligence’s main function was cultural.
My thinking is that one of the biggest reasons humans managed to dominate is basically 3x more brainpower combined with ways to get rid of the heat necessary to support brainpower, which requires sweating all over the body.
Essentially it’s the scaling hypothesis applied to biological systems.
And since intelligence can be used for any goal, it’s not surprising that intelligence’s main function was cultural.