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by extasia 1184 days ago
Humans are much more resilient than dodo birds. Dodos were pretty devolved due to their insulated habitat[0].

0. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_gigantism

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I think that's his point. Currently, we have no natural predators. We completely outclass every other species on Earth in intelligence, and it's easy to see how advantageous that trait has been.

What happens when we're no longer the Apex Intelligence?