No Intelligent Species Would …..

Several people commented on the meme here to the effect that perhaps we’re not really intelligent.

I offer this: Humankind is plenty intelligent, but we have other characteristics that impede our capacity to use this intelligence to our benefit.  Greed, selfishness, tribalism, and an indifference to the well-being of others all conspire to create a civilization that features incredible amounts of suffering today, which can only amplify over the coming years.