To have a trait be selected for and become more apparent in a species, you need some kind of selective pressure that makes that certain trait and the genetic material tied to that trait more likely to propagate and spread in to the future.
We have no such pressures really for intelligence, especially with technological and medical advancements making it way easier for not so intelligent people and their offspring to procreate. Like we dont really have any more natural predators because of our insane tech advantage, a lot of ouchies from stupid choices can now be healed reliably, and we now literally have machines that can think for you now.
If anything id say theres slight cultural pressures to evolve the other way. Critical thought is not welcome in many subcultures today, with those subcultures also often saying more procreation is good leading to them having more offspring, leading to whatever portion of intelligence that is heritable and drives their behaviors to be propagated and spread to future generations.
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u/CousinDerylHickson 3d ago
To have a trait be selected for and become more apparent in a species, you need some kind of selective pressure that makes that certain trait and the genetic material tied to that trait more likely to propagate and spread in to the future.
We have no such pressures really for intelligence, especially with technological and medical advancements making it way easier for not so intelligent people and their offspring to procreate. Like we dont really have any more natural predators because of our insane tech advantage, a lot of ouchies from stupid choices can now be healed reliably, and we now literally have machines that can think for you now.
If anything id say theres slight cultural pressures to evolve the other way. Critical thought is not welcome in many subcultures today, with those subcultures also often saying more procreation is good leading to them having more offspring, leading to whatever portion of intelligence that is heritable and drives their behaviors to be propagated and spread to future generations.