This machiavellian intelligence hypothesis suggests that success in social life relies on cultivating the most profitable relationships and on rapidly reading the social situation ? for instance , when deciding whether to come to the aid of an ally attacked by another animal 这个马基维利式的智能假说,将善于经营有利关系的手腕与迅速判读社会情境的能力,视为出人头地的先决条件;例如在其他社群成员发生冲突时,决定何时出手帮衬谁。