Ah, I think I misread the “to” as “for,” but the second paragraph makes clear that my initial impression wasn’t the intended one.
The question I have is whether intelligence foomed because it’s useful for everything, or primarily because it’s useful for social skills (“competition for dominance”).
So, the more selection pressure, the better—so I think the fact that intelligence is useful for everything can only help. But is social skills enough to cause a foom by itself? It seems possible.
Ah, I think I misread the “to” as “for,” but the second paragraph makes clear that my initial impression wasn’t the intended one.
So, the more selection pressure, the better—so I think the fact that intelligence is useful for everything can only help. But is social skills enough to cause a foom by itself? It seems possible.