> I also never understood why the barrier is set so high for giving any other species but ourselves credit for being intelligent. Because the Western intellect

> I also never understood why the barrier is set so high for giving any other species but ourselves credit for being intelligent. Because the Western intellectual traditions of both science and philosophy arise from European Christian religious thought, which regards Man as made in the image of God, set apart from and above other animals. The psychology of animals is one of the areas of scientific study that is still today struggling out from under its cultural roots, to be truly empirical about things.