Biology Quote by Carl Sagan

“Was intelligence an inevitability, a consequence of evolution? Bacteria succeeded without a brain, possessing survival skills that rivaled their biological hosts. So why should…

— Todd Crawshaw

Intelligence is an accident of evolution, and not necessarily an advantage.

— Isaac Asimov

Intelligence is based on how efficient a species became at doing the things they need to survive.

— Charles Darwin

“Evolution does not necessarily reward intelligence. With no natural predators to thin the herd, it begins to simply reward those who reproduce the most…

— Mike Judge

“Nature never appeals to intelligence until habit and instinct are useless. There is no intelligence where there is no change and no need of…

— H.G. Wells

Far from being the smartest possible biological species, we are probably better thought of as the stupidest possible biological species capable of starting a…

— Nick Bostrom

Intelligence is the ability of a species to live in harmony with its environment.

— Paul Watson

People talk about human intelligence as the greatest adaptation in the history of the planet. It is an amazing and marvelous thing, but in…

— Stephen Jay Gould

“Evolution gradually produced ever more intelligent people.”

— Yuval Noah Harari

Nature never appeals to intelligence until habit and instinct are useless. There is no intelligence where there is no need of change.

— Anonymous

Intelligence is not necessarily a good thing, something to value or cultivate. It's more like a fifth wheel - necessary or desirable when things…

— Susan Sontag

“evolution is smart, and it chooses the least of all the”

— Lee Child