/sci/ - Science & Math

>>4119929
Why? We know of exactly two sapient species that have risen on Earth, only one of which is a tool-user.

And like I said, for humans, the road to sapience went through several catastrophes.

If a certain rock had missed the earth, the world could still be full of dinosaurs.

If the savanna hadn't expanded, making trees scarce, we could still be more adapted to climbing and eating fruits and nuts.

If the Toba supervolcano hadn't erupted, a group of weird savannah-apes would probably still be stuck in africa.

Evolution doesn't prefer intelligence, it just favors better adaptation.

I personally think that there's life all over the universe, but that intelligence may have risen only on a few rare environments.

>>3991202
Okay, now you're baselessly hating on something enough and have become cool.

Different branches of science form an interconnected web. Otherwise unrelated fields can, and often do, contribute to the advance of others.