[PatrickHenry]

I believe geometric physics puts the scientist in the same quandary. To understand it, he must ignore his physical senses.

Yes, but it's an old story. The solar system theory is certainly counter-intuitive. The earth seems quite stationary. Lesson learned: our senses have developed to be good enough for survival, but there's no need for them to have developed to the point where we can detect everything.

What puzzles me, however, is why we seem to have far more intelligence than we really require. Well, sometimes it puzzles me.

[Alamo-Girl]

Indeed, it is an old story but I suspect we continue to resist such things.

What puzzles me, however, is why we seem to have far more intelligence than we really require.

Indeed! How marvelous.

Thank you for your reply!

[Pietro]

"....is why we seem to have far more intelligence than we really require"

I think we're just barely intellegent enough to survive. Sort of like there's just enough oxygen to support life and the balance of the universe is fined tuned to just be what it has to be.

Even now, there are problems that seem unsolvable. The fact that we always manage to somehow survive points to the truth that our collective intellegence is "just right".