The article is about how the fundamental nature of intelligence has certain weaknesses that will manifest.
For example, a species sufficiently intelligent to discover acetaminophen is doomed to also create the sort of idiocy that is the current US administration.
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The article is about how the fundamental nature of intelligence has certain weaknesses that will manifest.
For example, a species sufficiently intelligent to discover acetaminophen is doomed to also create the sort of idiocy that is the current US administration.
Please don't post trollish comments like this on HN. It's not what HN is for and destroys what it is for. Please make an effort to heed the guidelines, particularly these ones:
Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive.
Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents. Omit internet tropes.
Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. It tramples curiosity.
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I'm assuming the cure for paracetamol-related autism is equal parts bleach, ivermectin paste and hot sauce.