Stephen HawkingIt is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value.
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It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value. The question of whether intelligence has any long-term survival value is controversial. Some scholars maintain that intelligence does have an effect on survival. Others feel that the evidence suggests that it does not.
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