Is 'Higher Intelligence' Just What Takes Humans Longer to Learn?
GregCook2011 · x · 2026-11-03
A circulating take: much of what we call 'higher intelligence' may simply be things that take humans longer to learn — we've essentially turned our own learning curve into a hierarchy of minds. The perspective resonates with current LLM debates: if intelligence is largely a function of learning speed, machines learning faster in some domains may force a rethinking of how we rank minds.
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