It is an interesting theory.
Why wouldn’t civilization lose the work of the sporadic geniuses? I can see that humans have been shown to reinvent the same things, over and over again. But still, civilization appears to advance and is not stuck in some loop.
I do think that humans are no smarter, now, than at any time in their history.
“I do think that humans are no smarter, now, than at any time in their history.”
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Thanks, I can add this to my “working theory”.
“I can see that humans have been shown to reinvent the same things, over and over again. But still, civilization appears to advance and is not stuck in some loop.”
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Wars and pestilence have killed-off many advances. Another “smarty” will come along and civilizations can be expected to advance—sometimes, spectacularly!
(Hence, “punctuated-equilibrium.”)