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Re:Crows have been shown to understand the concept of zero by fsckboy on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @04:47PM (#28134276)
you're telling me what I know, where I'm asking about the commenter's claim that there are cultures that do NOT do this
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Re:Crows have been shown to understand the concept of zero by PaulDavisThe1st on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @11:09PM (#28137485)
It's not quite the same thing as "intelligence", but in "Braiding Sweetgrass" Robin Wall Kimmerer describes how (at least) several native American cultures ascribe great wisdom to the trees, since they've been here longer, and regard human wisdom as rather primitive.
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