Is it safe to say that there are levels to which certain people experience consciousness? You can talk to some people and come out with the understanding that they're hardly more conscious than mere animals, and yet they are the ones who pass on their genes in bulk, although this isn't to say intelligent people don't do this, I find that intelligent people are more susceptible to pessimistic thoughts about reality, the future, which can deter them from having children and lead into more self-destructive behavior. Although this obviously isn't the case for them all, so what is the truth, /sci/? Is it natural selection? Is it society? It's something that I can't get off my mind.