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This comment is giving me "I am very smart" vibes. Yes, everything you said was true, but I'm not sure it's adding that much value to the discussion and it come

by Taek 2y ago

This comment is giving me "I am very smart" vibes. Yes, everything you said was true, but I'm not sure it's adding that much value to the discussion and it comes across like its correcting GP, who never claimed that all birds are intelligent. In fact, the tone of GP implicitly acknowledges that intelligence has a cost, because the post implies that intelligence isn't likely to manifest unless there's a clear advantage (presumably because intelligence has a cost which needs to be overcome by an advantage)

HarHarVeryFunny 2y ago
GP's whole thesis was that bird intelligence is related to their high-in-the-sky perspective and prey tracking, which is wrong. If this was the case then the smartest birds would be raptors. The need for intelligence comes from being a generalist, needing to learn and apply a large complex set of situation dependent rules. This is why specialists like raptors, chickens, penguins are not renowned for their intelligence. A good outward sign of intelligence is playfulness, a trait evolved to put the player in learning situations to feed their intelligence. Animals like apes, dolphins and crows are all very playful. Eagles not so much. So, yeah, I was correcting GP. If you don't like it, then too bad.