[bcoughlan]

Perhaps we are putting human intelligence on a pedestal. I have often caught myself having a supposedly original idea only to find I inherited it from something I read months before.

We are mostly autocomplete with a mild capacity to synthesise new ideas. It’s the network effect of communicating that creates the feedback loops which amplify our collective intelligence.

Also if you think intelligent life has to have a regard for truth, not just a regard for self, tune in to any news channel.