“Ancient Man was probably smarter than a modern “scientist”.”
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I’ve got a “working” theory that echoes “Punctuated Equilibrium” (Evolution, by the late Jay Gould).
“Civilization lurches forward through Humanity’s sporadically-birthed geniuses.”
OK, this theory needs more “work”.
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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.