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Re:Wild elephants may have names that other elephants use to... by Log_out_ on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @01:46AM (#40642847)
How do they react to complex reveals? Google earth + ZOOM on a tablet? A video of evolutionary development and history?
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Re:Wild elephants may have names that other elephants use to... by Log_out_ on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @12:35PM (#40660043)
Why is that controversial, the ability to recognize a map and handle the revealed absteaction via a zoom slider is a great tool to observe cognitive flexibility..
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Re:Wild elephants may have names that other elephants use to... by g15jv2dp on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @01:50PM (#40660916)
Show a human from 300 AD a tablet with google earth and zoom, and they'd have no idea wtf is going on. It's not about intelligence.
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Re:Wild elephants may have names that other elephants use to... by Log_out_ on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @03:57PM (#40662353)
They can recognize the surroundings, move to places they visited on the "magic" map and display curiosity towards the wider world and its shape.
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Re:Wild elephants may have names that other elephants use to... by tzarko on Thursday June 13, 2024 @01:05PM (#40672075)
Using google earth on a tablet along with a zoom slider as a way of measuring cognition is the most HN take I’ve seen in a while.
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