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		Ask HN: How optimized is human intelligence?
		1 point by catasaurus on May 26, 2024 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 2 comments
		How optimized do you think human intelligence is compared to the theoretical max? What do you think the max optimizes for?

p1esk on May 26, 2024 [–]

What is “theoretical max” for intelligence?

catasaurus on May 26, 2024 | [–]

I mean the max efficiency for intelligence, which is pretty abstract so part of the question is what does intelligence even mean as it supersedes humans and the metrics we care about

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