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Science has been a major proponent of
intelligence being most important in the race for survival of any species. No
wonder then that a monstrous premium has been put on the need for evolution of
intelligence as an unquestionable yardstick for the perpetuation of filial
generations to come.
Brute force and humongous
physiology has all been flung out of the window and with the proverbial water,
bath and even the baby discarded in this case. It is not the strongest that
survive, it is the most adaptable to change. Adaptability doesn’t necessarily
equate intelligence, although a case could be made for a threshold modicum of
the latter for the former to even exist.
Looking at evolution and the lineage of
fauna here on earth and using the Old Down Under (Australia) as a case in
point, the mega-fauna started the downward spiral of disappearance/extinction
in about exactly the same time as man first stepped on the shores of the land
of Oddities. Size in this case, was not a criterion for excellence. The size of
even the biggest of men is even incomparable to some of the least humongous of
these terrestrial giants and yet, man triumphed, albeit ruthlessly and
destructively. Coming over to man as an example, the question is asked – Does
size arrogate intelligence? Was Goliath of Gath probably the most intelligent
man ever? I am sure the answer to this
poser is unequivocal with no jot of ambivalence.
It has been known that it is easy to
tell an intelligent man but nigh on impossible to tell him much. Self-conceit and surety of convictions is a
few characteristics of such people. In the race for survival, dogma and
obstreperous attitudes are usually catastrophic. The ability to morph,
camouflage to reflect the surrounding environment (be it the deep jungles of
the amazon in Latin America or the corporate labyrinths on Wall Street) is of
great import. The ability to mirror the surrounding should of necessity be
facile. The world around us is more concerned with outputs (appearances, words
and facial expressions) than what lies inside. Being a make-believe world, care
must be taken not to mimic and incorporate the wrong knowledge because the
inner sanctum could be another ballgame entirely.
Were, say, a teenager to have
fallen asleep in the late 80’s and woken up in the present time, to the
pings/sleekness of ‘actually’ mobile phones, the fine HD, UHD, K televisions the world would
have seem to such an individual, quite unfamiliar.
This 80’s Rip Van winkle would have blanched
at the race for nascent and upcoming technologies whose appellatives defy
common sense. But then, these technologies actually do defy common sense in the
way they perform and operate. Such
technologies include augmented reality, artificial intelligence etcetera. At
the risk of coming across as a Luddite, let us take a second to digest what
these words mean, it means to amplify real life - how does one even do that,
how? Those concerned with ersatz pursuits/situations, fixations about being
abreast and actually enjoying latest technologies churned out by the West are
in for a shocker in the upcoming years. It really is the information age, as
such mobile phones, TVs; social media are avenues of peddling information no
matter how suggestive and manipulative such communications are. Nevertheless, sometimes to willfully resist will
be adjudicated as a sign of rebellion. The onus is on each individual to be able to
discern where to draw the line and resist the bandwagon effect; moderation as
they say is the key to life.
Adaptability is of a higher value
than intelligence, ability to adjust in a given situation/niche in itself is a representation/sign
of intelligence.
Intelligence in this world we live
in entails resisting the manufactured consensus, to exalt the unknown, to not
be overly curious about the latest ‘things’– whatever that represents. I do not
assume to be the wisest tree in a thicket of folly but it is meet to give birth
to these words and thereby purge my system.
Thanks and cheers.
Article Written by : Sensi.
