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How do we know how much of it is mental capacity? Obviously we wouldn't have been able to do these things without hands for example, and we can't really communi
by joeberon 5y ago
How do we know how much of it is mental capacity? Obviously we wouldn't have been able to do these things without hands for example, and we can't really communicate with animals in a direct sense, so it's not easy to judge their intelligence
- username90 5y agoIf animals had a language we would have discovered it a long time ago and we would have learned to communicate with them. The reason we can't communicate with them is because they are dumb. Some of them might have big brains, but all of them lacks the kind of rational reasoning needed to learn and speak any language at even the level of a toddler. I mean, you can teach animals words, but you can't teach them how to structure thoughts to create meaningful longer conversations.
- SyzygistSix 5y ago>If animals had a language we would have discovered it a long time ago and we would have learned to communicate with them. The reason we can't communicate with them is because they are dumb. I love this kind of hubris. People thought that there is no use for the appendix either.
- kiba 5y agoHubris? It works in the other direction too.
- heavenlyblue 5y ago> People thought that there is no use for the appendix either. Can you please quote sources that prove what you just said?