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citizenpaulyesterday at 10:50 PM4 repliesview on HN

Sorry to be the wet blanket. However research on monkeys/apes has for the most part proven that their intelligence is at a dead end and never can progress past what is basically around human 2yo level.


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Xss3today at 12:42 AM

That really depends how you measure and define intelligence and does a disservice to them.

Toddlers for example dont tend to have gang wars for territories and certainly couldnt do battle outcome predictions from a glance at a group across thick canopy and the sounds of branches and hollering.

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gerdesjtoday at 1:28 AM

Please quote your sources regarding monkey and ape intelligence with regards dead ends (whatever that means), wet blanket.

Please also note you are just a wet blanket and not the wet blanket - that epithet is not normally sought after.

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keeganpoppenyesterday at 11:29 PM

well that surely seems to be empirically true...

iwontberudetoday at 1:05 AM

Apes tend to be way more intelligent than humans of any age about how to hold and consume different vegetables and fruits.

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