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But do crows know that humans know that crows know what they know and can ponder the content of their own minds ?
by juramento 5y ago
But do crows know that humans know that crows know what they know and can ponder the content of their own minds ?
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- Razengan 5y agoDo humans?
- lostmsu 5y agoYes, obviously.
- bee_rider 5y agoHuman behavior must be very confusing to the animals who observe it. The strange situations we create by (for example) dropping nets and catching dolphins, only to let them free. (Do they know we put out those nets, or are we just helpful monkeys that sit on the evil loud floating net monster and sometimes save them?). And I wonder if the animals that we run these intelligence tests on know the humans are behind the tests. Maybe if crows achieve a culture with legends and stories, they'll have the a trickster god -- white coat, glasses man. For lab rats I guess white coat glasses man would take a more malicious aspect.
- aspenmayer 5y agoAre you familiar with the Rats of NIMH series? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs._Frisby_and_the_Rats_of_NIMH https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs._Frisby_and_the_Rats_of_NI... http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?15912 http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?15912
- bee_rider 5y agoSaw the movie, and read the first book I think (would have been middle-elementary school aged, so memory is a bit hazy).
- aspenmayer 5y agoYour comment reminded me of it for some reason.
- bee_rider 5y agoIt was a while ago, so I actually don't remember how they regarded the humans -- the bad guys were mostly other animals, right? And then the farmer was some sort of distant menace or something... I think... good stories. I wonder how they hold up to adult readers.
- aspenmayer 5y agoWes Anderson's adaptation of Fantastic Mr. Fox is another great example of this setup.
- aspenmayer 5y agoFor another version of this same story, check out Watership Down and its animated adaptation. Very well done.