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Humans can't do _everything_ better than insects, does that mean insects are more intelligent than humans? Chimpanzees have better short term memory on certain
by alexcnwy 9y ago
Humans can't do _everything_ better than insects, does that mean insects are more intelligent than humans?
Chimpanzees have better short term memory on certain tasks than humans [1] - humans not being better at _everything_ than chimpanzees doesn't make chimpanzees more intelligent.
[1] https://www.livescience.com/27199-chimps-smarter-memory-humans.html https://www.livescience.com/27199-chimps-smarter-memory-huma...
- pron 9y agoYou are being very literal. That people are amazed that chimps are better at some particular task is exactly the point. It's the exception that proves the rule. When we're amazed that insects are better than computers at something we can start arguing over which is smarter.