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Monkeys can fucking subitize double-digit numbers, which makes you question whether we are actually the smartest species on the planet.
by mike_hock 3y ago
Monkeys can fucking subitize double-digit numbers, which makes you question whether we are actually the smartest species on the planet.
- cscurmudgeon 3y agoNo, it doesn’t. Why? No monkeys are discussing of subitization as a concept and how their species compares with others. Just because a kangaroo can jump higher than humans doesn’t mean it can go to the moon before humans. And, g factor. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/G_factor https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/G_factor Even savants can have low IQ.
- pixl97 3y agoEh, we're doing that smartest/most intelligent thing that always has lead to problems in human perception. An adult Chimpanzee can rip your arms off. Pretty much all it's muscles are fast twitch. Of course you're going to have far better dexterity than the chimp, because you have a much better balance of muscle fibers. That's the thing about intelligence, it's about generalization, not specific ability. A CPU can count to a billion in a second, nothing about that speed means it's 'smarter' than you. This is also why we're going to have to come up with new metrics on abilities as we develop more general intelligence software to see how and where said software differs from humans.
- bee_rider 3y agoHumans just “do it in software.”