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- Cris Popenoe
- July 21, 2010
- 8:00 am
- 43 comments
In this video from National Geographic you’ll see a fascinating experiment comparing problem solving by chimps and human children. They’re each presented with a black box in which they do various manipulations on the top before they get their peanut reward from a hole below. Next they are presented with a see-through box where it is obvious that the top manipulations meant nothing; the reward is immediately available through its hole.
Most of the children proceed to go through the top manipulations again the way they had been shown before they go for the reward.
Most of the chimps skip the nonsense and go straight for the peanuts.
Who’s smarter? You decide.
OK, so that was a contest between a chimp and a small boy. But what about you personally?
Go to page 3 for your test to see if you are smarter than a chimp.
Photo Credit: hagit
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Animals don't have to read scripture. The Bible says that they already know God! ;)
Awesome!
Awesome!
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Thanks for the article Cris. I love how animals keep surprising us with abilities we never thought they had.
What's your point susan? Are you saying that they are lesser beings than we are? How does being able to memorise 10 versus from the bible make us smart, when after our recital, we go out and further destroy our world, kill, lie and cheat each other. How smart is that?
Sure, humans may be the most intelligent species on Earth but they sure do some stupid things. And some horrible things in history have happened because people were simply following orders. Don't be afraid to break the rules - that's what leads to heroism and creativity.
Lynn C. is right. Plus, the chimps did not mind breaking the rules. The kids followed the instructions. Maybe this should be used as a lesson in socialization, rather than learning and memory.
Interesting!
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