Nature never appeals to intelligence until habit and instinct are useless. There is no intelligence where there is no change and no need of change. Only those animals partake of intelligence that have to meet a huge variety of needs and dangers.

📖 H. G. Wells

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🎂 September 21, 1866  –  ⚰️ August 13, 1946
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In "The Time Machine," H. G. Wells suggests that nature typically does not rely on intelligence until instincts and habitual behaviors become ineffective. This indicates that without challenges or the necessity for adaptation, intelligence is not engaged or required. It portrays a world where creatures operate primarily on instinct until faced with situations that demand a different approach.

Wells argues that true intelligence emerges in the presence of diverse challenges and...

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