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I don't object to your observations. I just think it's important to illustrate that a human brain isn't the pinnacle of evolution, and that the developments of our brain can still be exchanged for other qualities under certain selective pressures. It's true, that having a large brain and a sophisticated intelligence are an immense advantage, and make us exceptionally adaptable. But bacteria are adaptable also, and this isn't contained within their individual intelligence, but within their ability to rapidly proliferate and evolve. Human beings are admirable, but developing advanced intelligence wasn't the inevitable course of a species seeking survival, and I wanted to point that out.