A Brief History of Intelligence by Max S Bennet is an interesting novel about, well Intelligence! Not necessarily human!
When you see the raw feeling then it is really simple!
Let me explain (Or try to at least!)
Why does a hungry person steal? Duh! Because he or she is hungry!
So whether or not anyone would steal is a simple matter of proportion!
If one person is very hungry and the risk of getting caught is medium to high then he or she would still steal! He or she would anyway steal if he or she is hungry and the risk of getting caught is very less! In fact he or she may steal even if he or she is not hungry if the risk of getting caught is less or nil!
If the risk of getting caught is high and the hunger or motivation is less then he or she will not steal!
This is only one simple example!
This is true even in the case of an investment!
If the risk is low then you or anyone would invest provided he or she had enough money! If the risk is high and the money is low or not there then no one would invest!
Most confusion happens only in the middle ground!
Risk is moderate and so is the money! Then you may have some variations though most of the time it is static in that case! Like your hunger is mild and risk to getting caught is very much present though just moderate; you will not steal in most cases!
This is the attitude of the most intelligent species in the universe!
It is always a matter of risk versus benefit!
Now let me tell you about the Nematode! It is a worm with a single opening for both food and well, excreta! The brain is just as small!
It does not have eyes or ears!
If you place a nematode in a dish with food on one side then it will slowly wriggle towards it! But if you place it along with copper which it does not like or is bad for it then it will not go towards it!
Now in the scenario of the human and food! If you place both food and copper together just imagine what it would do? Copper here is akin to the risk of getting caught!
The result is the same! If the worm is starving then even if the copper is high, it will still go for the food! If the worm is well fed then it will not! Only variation is when it is moderately fed and the copper levels are medium!
Then the simplest creature with a rudimentary brain does what every human would do!
Risk versus benefit analysis!
So the next time you feel proud writing the pros and cons list! Just know that even a nematode does that!
Then again an average nematode may not go to the space! That only some special talented humans can do like Rakesh Sharma!
Now understand the pros of sleeping on time and do!
Shubh ratri!
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