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Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Darwin's genius was not having the idea of selection, which animal breeders already had, but seeing how central it was to the whole of biology. Darwin's genius was not having theidea of selection, which animalbreeders already had, but seeing howcentral it was to the whole ofbiology. MN Michael Nielsen — holds since 2026-04-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: What has actually been under selection is probably not intelligence but a general trait more like executive function or the propensity to defer gratification. — tap to centre the map on it What has actually been underselection is probably notintelligence but a generaltrait more like executive… DR David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Model intelligence should speciate like the animal kingdom rather than converge on one oracle that knows everything. — tap to centre the map on it Model intelligence shouldspeciate like the animalkingdom rather than convergeon one oracle that knows… AK Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-03-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Evolution does not perfect anything; organisms are bodge jobs, which is why the human eye has a blind spot and a squid's does not. — tap to centre the map on it Evolution does not perfectanything; organisms are bodgejobs, which is why the humaneye has a blind spot and a… DH Dave Hone — holds since 2025-09-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: That people are good at maths and coding, which evolution never selected for, shows human learning is not a complicated evolutionary prior but something more fundamental. — tap to centre the map on it That people are good at mathsand coding, which evolutionnever selected for, showshuman learning is not a… IS Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: The selection signal on the genetics of schooling is not a European artefact: the same variants predict years of school in China, a population disconnected from Europe for the whole period. — tap to centre the map on it The selection signal on thegenetics of schooling is not aEuropean artefact: the samevariants predict years of… DR David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nature gave eyes to animals and not to trees because eyes are only worth having if you move, and moving is what produces a new viewpoint. — tap to centre the map on it Nature gave eyes to animalsand not to trees because eyesare only worth having if youmove, and moving is what… FL Fei-Fei Li — holds since 2026-09-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Biology keeps turning up whole classes of things nobody knew existed, and that is what defeats attempts to model it. — tap to centre the map on it Biology keeps turning up wholeclasses of things nobody knewexisted, and that is whatdefeats attempts to model it. DL Derek Lowe — holds since 2024-09-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Evolution gave humans no target number of births, because what mattered historically was keeping children alive rather than producing them. — tap to centre the map on it Evolution gave humans notarget number of births,because what matteredhistorically was keeping… LS Lyman Stone — holds since 2025-07-15 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Darwin's genius was not having the idea of selection, which animal breeders already had, but seeing how central it was to the whole of biology. Holds Michael Nielsen Read this korrent →