What is “human intelligence as a whole”? I think this is not a good concept.
It is practically impossible to differentiate from knowledge and culture, that simply amassed, as populations grew. Furthermore we know full well that mass pschology does not result in smarter decisions, but often terribly worse ones. Finally we are seeing the same mistakes being made a hundred, fivehundred, one thousand years and before. So as a species we didnt learn from past mistakes, instead we raised the stakes by creating an ever complex society whose failures have grave consequences for humanity as a whole.
Also in zhe context of religion and spirituality we have lost connection with many core truths that were understood by socieites wrongfully claimed to be “primitive”. Many native people had or have social, spiritual and political structures that worked well to preserve a necessary balance in society and with their environment. Preserving what is nourishing them and rejecting the deadly race for power and wealth that has shaped the global world.
We might be more technologically advanced, but it is not a representation of greater intelligence, as we are too stupid to use this to the benefit of society and the individuals therein.
more humans in one place tend to be dumber than humans as individuals. Think mass panics, but also fascism and other things where people lost their sensible minds in a large group of people. In the same styl more people mean more people to convince of new concepts that previously were rejected.
So the concept that humanity as a whole is more intelligent, while the individuals are not, does not hold well imo.
What is “human intelligence as a whole”? I think this is not a good concept.
It is practically impossible to differentiate from knowledge and culture, that simply amassed, as populations grew. Furthermore we know full well that mass pschology does not result in smarter decisions, but often terribly worse ones. Finally we are seeing the same mistakes being made a hundred, fivehundred, one thousand years and before. So as a species we didnt learn from past mistakes, instead we raised the stakes by creating an ever complex society whose failures have grave consequences for humanity as a whole.
Also in zhe context of religion and spirituality we have lost connection with many core truths that were understood by socieites wrongfully claimed to be “primitive”. Many native people had or have social, spiritual and political structures that worked well to preserve a necessary balance in society and with their environment. Preserving what is nourishing them and rejecting the deadly race for power and wealth that has shaped the global world.
We might be more technologically advanced, but it is not a representation of greater intelligence, as we are too stupid to use this to the benefit of society and the individuals therein.
I am struggling to understand what you are saying. If you don’t mind, let’s start with “mass psychology”, I think that might be the key for me.
more humans in one place tend to be dumber than humans as individuals. Think mass panics, but also fascism and other things where people lost their sensible minds in a large group of people. In the same styl more people mean more people to convince of new concepts that previously were rejected.
So the concept that humanity as a whole is more intelligent, while the individuals are not, does not hold well imo.