This guy has never met my friends

[pecunium]

Language, however, puts information first and manipulation second. Suppose I were to explain to you Einstein's theory of relativity, or Chomsky's theory of a biologically based language organ. My purposes in giving you the information might well be that of impressing you, or even ultimately mating with you (although anyone who could be induced to mate by such means would have to be pretty weird).

Adam's Tongue Derek Bickerton p. 48

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[pecunium.livejournal.com]

Maybe, maybe not.

It's also not proven that glib = intelligent (nor that "intelligent = fit. Look at all the smart people who can't seem to manage in society).

Given the feedback loops in evolution; and the niches we've built for ourselves, the question is really open.

There are, after all, a large body of people who disdain intelligence, and in particular the sort of educated intelligence Bickerton to which Bickerton refers.