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Imagine if we, as an entire society, did this. Imagine the possibilities if everyone was given enough time to evolve to the genius level. |
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The idea that an entire species can, if given enough time, individually progress (evolve is not the right word to use here) to genius levels of intelligence is unfounded. What basis is there for believing that a person has no upper limit to intelligence? Even accounting for the fact that afflictions such as Alzheimer's could (theoretically) be cured, and assuming that there was no degradation in information over time, you are still only increasing the amount of information at their disposal at best. At worst, you are increasing the complexity of said available information only. Is this enough of a trade-off for causing our species to either a) continue to maintain a birth-rate somewhere near to what a healthy species maintains and overpopulate the available living space, even if we spread to the rest of the Sol system, or b) neutralize the birth rate, reducing it to nearly nothing, and stagnate as a species, thus becoming incapable of adapting to gradual changes properly (such as increased radiation, changes in environment, changes to the atmosphere, etc.), instead relying on artificial alterations that always have an effect other than that intended by the creators? (Woot! Longest run-on I've ever written!) I don't.
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