[tpanther]

Intelligence arose, slowly, as a survival mechanism. Just like virtually every other trait in living things.

She asked how, not at what rate or why.

Reading...

Fundamental.

[betty boop]

She asked how, not at what rate or why.

Thanks for noticing, tpanther! I'd love to have Filo give me a description of the mechanism or process by which inert, unaided, lifeless matter bootstraps itself into life and intelligence. But he seems to have changed the subject.