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> Anyone who's ever interacted with any kind of animal knows how they are intelligent. Anyone who's ever had backyard chickens knows they are not intelligent.
by rickydroll 3y ago
> Anyone who's ever interacted with any kind of animal knows how they are intelligent.
Anyone who's ever had backyard chickens knows they are not intelligent. Nature gave them a brain to keep the spinal cord from fraying.
- psd1 3y agoI'm stealing that line! But chickens have a social order, keepers say, and more complex behaviour than a naive city slicker might expect. They may not be grandmasters, but they aren't completely stupid.
- rickydroll 3y agoThat line also applies to some management types and children of the rich and powerful.
- sph 3y agoIn the words of Werner Herzog: https://youtu.be/QhMo4WlBmGM?si=9rwaeU6DeaBPTQBN https://youtu.be/QhMo4WlBmGM?si=9rwaeU6DeaBPTQBN