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humans are the minimum viable intelligence for cultural evolution not the pinnacle of cognition
The standard narrative treats human intelligence as exceptional -- the crown of evolution. The minimum sufficient rationality thesis inverts this: we are the dumbest species capable of creating civilization. Our cognitive hardware has remained essentially unchanged for 300,000 years. We hold 4-7 ite
history is shaped by coordinated minorities with clear purpose not by majorities
You do not need to convince everyone. You do not even need to convince most people. The manifesto's final strategic claim grounds the LivingIP path to impact.
true imitation is the threshold capacity that creates a second replicator because only faithful copying of behaviors enables cumulative cultural evolution
Blackmore's central thesis is that what makes humans fundamentally different from all other species is not intelligence, language, or consciousness but the capacity for true imitation. Most animals can learn through conditioning and trial-and-error, and some engage in social learning where the prese
civilization was built on the false assumption that humans are rational individuals
The Enlightenment replaced the soul with reason as humanity's defining attribute but preserved the core claim: humans are rational beings whose individual judgment, properly informed, converges on truth. From this single assumption, everything in the modern world followed. Free markets assume ration
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