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Game Over: These Monkeys Just Crushed Humans on a Computer Game
Live Science ^ | Nicoletta Lanese -

Posted on 10/17/2019 10:25:49 AM PDT by BenLurkin

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The conclusion they come to seems, to me, to be a bit of a stretch. Taking shortcuts doesn't equate to "smarter"

The humans are easier to train to do a task a certain way. Which probably makes them better employees.

1 posted on 10/17/2019 10:25:49 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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This must be the background data on the recent Fox News impeachment poll.


2 posted on 10/17/2019 10:29:00 AM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe)
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The monkey believes the point is to earn a banana; the human believes the point is to help researchers.


3 posted on 10/17/2019 10:29:42 AM PDT by dangus
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bttt


4 posted on 10/17/2019 10:30:03 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin; Uversabound; SaveFerris; PROCON; FredZarguna; mylife; Lil Flower; Corky Ramirez; ...
Way to go Barry!


5 posted on 10/17/2019 10:30:59 AM PDT by Gamecock (Time is short Eternity is long It is reasonable that this short life be lived in light of eternity)
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All that proves is that monkeys will cheat any chance they get........Never trust a monkey


6 posted on 10/17/2019 10:32:14 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (I'm in the cleaning business.......I launder money)
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Volition could be considered the consequence of a weighted sum of competing urges. Among them in people, unlike monkeys, would be a desire to follow the rules for their own sake.


7 posted on 10/17/2019 10:32:56 AM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-)
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I’ve run into a few cheating Monkeys during my Lifetime.

They were the most fun, that’s for sure.


8 posted on 10/17/2019 10:36:03 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Kill a Commie for your Mommy.)
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We’re supposed to starve the monkeys, not give them banana pellets.

I also wonder how the results would differ if the humans got banana pellets as a reward too...


9 posted on 10/17/2019 10:38:50 AM PDT by chrisser
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The monkeys have no moral compass.
They also throw poop...


10 posted on 10/17/2019 10:41:02 AM PDT by EEGator
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Marijuana edibles...


11 posted on 10/17/2019 10:41:31 AM PDT by EEGator
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It is more difficult to un-learn something that it was to learn it in the first place..............


12 posted on 10/17/2019 10:44:07 AM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain...................)
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It just shows monkeys are less set in their ways than humans. Once a human gets into a habit its very tough to change. Democrat voters are a prime example.


13 posted on 10/17/2019 10:48:46 AM PDT by xp38
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I think I’d try harder for a banana pellet than an ‘auditory whoop.’


14 posted on 10/17/2019 10:50:21 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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Who knew Mickey Dolenz was an accomplished online gamer?


15 posted on 10/17/2019 10:51:32 AM PDT by glennaro
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Someone who has over a hundred browser tabs open as a matter of routine is another.

Although shown the task manager with the CPU pegged at 100 percent and turtle slow speed, I might as well not be even in the same room.


16 posted on 10/17/2019 10:54:30 AM PDT by wally_bert (Hola. Me llamo Inspector Carlton Lassiter. Me gusta queso.)
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I would imagine that just about any monkey could beat me at computer games. Spatial problems or games are very difficult for me, though I’m pretty intelligent in most other ways. Not only do I not do well in those sorts of problems, video games of the most elementary content increase anxiety in me, so I don’t find them the least bit enjoyable.


17 posted on 10/17/2019 10:56:16 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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The humans are easier to train to do a task a certain way. Which probably makes them better employees.

The monkeys also don't feel any social pressure to please anyone or do something the "right" way.

18 posted on 10/17/2019 11:02:17 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Extremism.)
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Food or a whoop. Food or a whoop. Hmmm, which could possibly increase the learning curve?


19 posted on 10/17/2019 11:24:09 AM PDT by bgill
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Ever walk through a jail? Sub-humans throw poop, too.


20 posted on 10/17/2019 11:26:04 AM PDT by bgill
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