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Intelligence 1: What makes us intelligent?

Simplifying Complexity

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The History of Intelligence

Intelligence is the topic about which we've been most unintelligent. We tend to look at it through a very anthropomorphic lens, says Richard Dawkins. It was believed for a long time that a distinction should be drawn between humans and the rest ofanimate matter. But that debate continues.

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