Note: This article is not intended to be a scholarly work with references and citations. That article is in process. The function of this article is to provide the reader with the broad-stroke, foundational concepts to understand works presented in books and articles published by Scott Syverson.
“The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance – it is the illusion of knowledge.”
Daniel J. Boorstin, Librarian of Congress
Paradaptive Intelligence is a theory, portions of which, were first published by Scott Syverson in his 2014 book Sales Psychology 101, Paradaptive Intelligence ~ The Grand Unifying Theory of Adaptation, Consumer Behavior and Sales. The main constructs of the theory, Paradaptive Intelligence, is there are two types of adaptation, Type I and Type II. Speciation via morphological and biological mutation is Type I adaptation. Type I adaptation, as described by Darwin, and later refined to become known as the theory of evolution which is based on DNA genetic mutation to alter body physiology, DNA encoded behavior, and bodily characteristics to increase survivability that is selected for by the environment and mating. Type II adaptation is concerned with mental mechanism and functions of behavioral changes to take full advantage of the physiological alterations being selected for in an organism’s DNA in Type I adaptation.
