# Post Humanity Intelligence?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-humanity-intelligence/969566
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [August 12, 2022, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-humanity-intelligence/969566 "2022-08-12T15:57:25Z")
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### Author: ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-humanity-intelligence/969566/15 "2022-08-12T21:07:22Z")

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I’m in the ‘not sure if an intelligent species would necessarily occur or is a niche that would be filled’ camp but as for aquatic species, a lot of SF posits species starting from the biotechnology end (selective breeding at first and then more subtle genetic manipulation and organic tech and onward), then moving onto fire and such once the available technology hits a high enough level of sophistication to allow them to do things outside water.

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