If it’s so great to be smart, why have most animals remained dumb?

[monkfish]

If it’s so great to be smart, why have most animals remained dumb?

Scientists are trying to figure out why animals learn and why some have evolved to be better at learning than others. One reason for the difference, their research finds, is that being smart can be bad for an animal’s health.

 

[precocious]

There may be some truth to that. :convinced: I have found the smart kids usually get their butts kick for being so darn obnoxious!

Hence their 'poor health'. :doh:

 

[cybermom]

My uneducated opion would be that there exists a link between intellectual intelligence and emotional capabilities. The latter being necessary to process and "file" good information vs. bad information. Perhaps as most animals are not capable of the type of emotion we are, they are also not capable of the type of intelligence.

 

[morriefisher]

Why are the prettiest women usually the craziest?

 

[stardreamer7880]

I have no doubt that flies are smart! Just get out the fly swatter and a fly that wouldn't leave you alone does a disappearing act until you put it up again.:flybye:

 

[DanC]

It's readily observable in any High School, the Jocks attract the girls and the Nerds don't.
Survival of the cutest.

 

[monkfish]

smart <> obnoxious
jock <> dumb
nerd <> smart

people don't seem to have looked at the article. perhaps my link wasn't obvious enough ...