Collective Intelligence

Some time ago I expressed the opinion here that the standard model for how evolution works lacks the power to explain how fast evolution has happened. The standard model describes advantageous random mutations being favorably selected for expression in future generations. I suggested this model needs improvement and that intelligence would play a role. I'm not talking about supernatural intelligence. There's plenty of intelligence in nature available. An easy example is in mate selection.

The work by Michael Levin described in the video below shows there's much more to intelligence in nature. And selecting for traits of intelligence which provide navigational abilities in problem spaces is far more powerful for evolution than that provided by the standard model.

Michael Levin | Cell Intelligence in Physiological and Morphological Spaces

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