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Regarding Koko, it isn't really clear if she really was able to have complex dialogues, or if that was wishful thinking on the part of her trainers. In general
by someuser2345 2y ago
Regarding Koko, it isn't really clear if she really was able to have complex dialogues, or if that was wishful thinking on the part of her trainers.
In general, I don't think there are any animals that are as intelligent as adult humans. After all, if there's nothing special about human intelligence, why are we the most dominant species on the planet? It's not like other animals had the opportunity to take over and rejected it.
- sheepscreek 2y agoHere’s a video of Koko conversing in signs: https://youtu.be/SNuZ4OE6vCk?si=voD-lR5aBOaglcnf https://youtu.be/SNuZ4OE6vCk?si=voD-lR5aBOaglcnf
- ben_w 2y agoAlthough I suspect humans are the most intelligent, it's possible that is us creating a standard specifically for our skill set and other species outperform us by equally reasonable but different standards. > After all, if there's nothing special about human intelligence, why are we the most dominant species on the planet? Could be a lot of things. Sea life can't have fire, so no ceramics or refined metals. We're unusually cooperative at multiple levels of abstraction; wolves have packs, ants have colonies, but we have global trade in information, energy, goods, and two nations of over 1.4 billion people each. Opposable thumbs are really useful, relatively rare.