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Re:A Cephalopod Has Passed a Cognitive Test Designed for Hum... by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @10:17AM (#26329396)
Sure they were; that's what the title implies. Else, why the comparison?

And I'm curious if those studies of animal intelligence, actually tried a human. Could I remember thousands of place I put stuff? I think I do. I have a whole house full of stuff, and can find most of it quickly. I remember where I kept my socks in an apartment I lived in 30 years ago.

So yeah no, animals maybe aren't ahead of us in cognitive function.

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Re:A Cephalopod Has Passed a Cognitive Test Designed for Hum... by EliRivers on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @10:35AM (#26329696)
Animals certianly aren't ahead of us in human cognitive function, but that feels like a loaded competition. Humans do have a hard time imagining intelligence as anything other than what we have.
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Re:A Cephalopod Has Passed a Cognitive Test Designed for Hum... by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @02:18PM (#26333038)
Not me. I can easily imagine animals having better senses and better integration of those senses.

But I have to doubt, when somebody claims (as in the title above) that some animal is cognitively more advanced that a human child. That's linkbait and best, and plain wrong at bottom.

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