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Re:The Person in the Ape by cantrip on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @04:17PM (#16119158)
It doesn't seem to me at all like we're only looking for signs of intelligence in apes. We're looking for it in everything. The article even references advocates for the legal personhood of great apes, dolphins, elephants, and whales.

You give Youtube way too much credit. Science has done more to help understand animals than all of historical philosophy. Youtube has done more to spread that understanding to laypeople.

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Re:The Person in the Ape by bitoneill on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @07:23PM (#16120393)
I disagree. Watching animals doing amazing things on YouTube has completely changed how I see animals. I'm sure I'm not alone. Scientists can't be everywhere to capture amazing behavior, but YouTube can
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Re:The Person in the Ape by pheldagryph on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @08:56PM (#16120906)
YouTube is just distribution. It's like crediting heavy trucks for winning WW2, or crediting YCombinator News's CDN for writing this witty and insightful message.
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Re:The Person in the Ape by cantrip on Thursday January 11, 2018 @10:45AM (#16124743)
> Scientists can't be everywhere to capture amazing behavior, but YouTube can

You're aware it's not YouTube doing the video capturing right?

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