The ancient Greeks, Aztecs, and Hindus all envisioned gods that represented both creation and destruction simultaneously, and it’s often noted that these double-edged deities reflect an inherent duality at the heart of human nature. Expanding on this idea, a professor from the prestigious Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence suggests that our unrivalled intelligence, coupled with our frustrating lack of wisdom, may render us both the smartest and the stupidest species ever to exist. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

Seeking to identify the one thing that sets us apart from the rest of the animal kingdom, Wolfgang Goymann explains that while our intellect is clearly superior to that of other creatures, it wou

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