Evolving conscious evolution.

[weareunity]

Hello all.

Pondering regarding the possibility of a species evolving the capability of conscious evolution?

This would (possibly?) be characterised by a species first becoming consciously and collectively aware that its chance of continued survival had become dependent upon the species collectively behaving in a manner which optimised that chance, and such realisation in some manner then precipitating an evolutionary adaptation, possibly some innate propensity to behave in the optimum manner consciously understood?

If this were possible it would obviously be a quite different evolutionary mechanism to that which is currently largely accepted.

This mechanism would be collective intentional change in response to perceived need which in a way stands the largely accepted model on its head?

Just pondering possibility.