The Evolution of Intelligence

Last weekend my husband and I were driving home when we had to stop for a herd of goats in the road. Yes, goats! These goats were running down the road, not disturbed one bit by the cars all around them. You see, they had a mission! A billy and his harem were running together as one towards home. When they got there, as one, they turned into their driveway and then proceeded to jump back into the fence. Well, actually the billy crawled under the fence where he had dug himself a place to get through. I can just imagine the plans that billy made for their Saturday afternoon stroll. He paid attention to when the farmer would be away and when he would be around. Then, a crawl space was dug to get out. In a matter of days, the billy had the freedom to take his nannys for a walk around the block and get them back in time for supper.

There are many people that would say my theory was totally ludicrous. These are the same people that say that animals can't think or feel. But, I ask, how else would one explain unity instead of chaos? Of course, that's just what an evolutionist does. Chaos becomes unity and unity becomes superiority.

So, where does that leave the common man, homo sapiens? Well, lets see, where does that leave us? We have become so superior that we now have an obesity epidemic. Our technology is so great that we never get a break because we're always available via cell phone. Since we're always available we're always busy and our children are left behind. Fortunately, we have another great invention called the television, America's great babysitter. But did you know, children that watch an abundance of TV not only do poorer academically, but are also less creative, not as logical of thinkers, and have poorer social skills.

Now, I'm not antitelevison at all. I enjoy watching my favorite shows as well. But there is something to be said about how we balance our lives and place our priorities. Perhaps we could step down from our superiority and learn something from the goats. If we can do that, perhaps we are superior indeed.