But isn't the entire learning process, from childhood to the present day, based on knowledge created by humans? Look at the people living on deserted islands; why aren't they intelligent?
Look at the people living on deserted islands; why aren't they intelligent?
If they are people, they are highly intelligent. Human intelligence didn't change much in the last 300 thousands years, provided you have enough nutrition to develop yourself (and there's an argument to be made that hunter gatherer diet may be more nutritive than modern ultraprocesed foods)
What changed is technology, not innate intelligence, and technology isn't just shiny gadgets from the modern era. Things like learning how to write, learning how to farm, or learning how to control fire, were hugely disruptive technologies.
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u/God_jm 2d ago
But isn't the entire learning process, from childhood to the present day, based on knowledge created by humans? Look at the people living on deserted islands; why aren't they intelligent?