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Is human intelligence overrated?

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The Worst Thing Ever Happened to Human Intelligence

Thomas Moynihan is a researcher at Cambridge University's Center for the Study of existential risk. After years of studying dolphins and other marine creatures, he has come to the conclusion that the human brain isn't as great as it thinks it is. The current form of human intelligence is potentially an awful thing for the rest of the biosphere," says Moynihan.

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