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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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To: BenLurkin

Gee. The Stanford Marshmallow Test as applied to comparative testing between humans and apes.

Only in this case, the apes are considered ‘smarter’ for simply grabbing that marshmallow, rather than waiting for the second.


21 posted on 10/17/2019 11:31:14 AM PDT by Kriggerel ("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
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To: Hot Tabasco

Never trust a monkey and its kinfolk.


22 posted on 10/17/2019 11:39:47 AM PDT by Demanwideplan
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To: BenLurkin

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

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Or, maybe, these humans assumed it was just a glitch and were concerned about messing up the “study” results.


23 posted on 10/17/2019 11:48:46 AM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: BenLurkin

Linky?


24 posted on 10/17/2019 11:55:11 AM PDT by upchuck (Democraps say the President is out of control. They mean the President of out of THEIR control.)
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To: upchuck

Please stand by


25 posted on 10/17/2019 12:00:46 PM 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
Most humans I have observed aren't particularly bright (that includes all Liberals)...but it has nothing to do with brain capacity.

They are lazy, unmotivated, lacking in curiosity, intimated by learning, or some combination thereof. Generally, I would say that humans simply lack initiative and that may be a cultural thing (perhaps they have become hypnotized by human society into believing that the greatest reward comes from seeking the status quo).

On the other hand, the squirrels and raccoons who live in my yard are extremely bright, aggressive, and curious...always figuring out new ways to beat the system (the system in this case being me).;-)

26 posted on 10/17/2019 12:04:30 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: EEGator
Marijuana edibles..

Hard to tell how that would turn out. Would probably start a feedback loop - the more edibles, the greater the munchies and the more desire for edibles...

But working against that would be the increasing lethargy and decreasing dexterity of the test subjects.

Clearly, a substantial government grant is the only possible solution to resolving this question.
27 posted on 10/17/2019 12:12:01 PM PDT by chrisser
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To: BenLurkin

This proves that Dems evolved from monkeys.


28 posted on 10/17/2019 12:22:43 PM PDT by Gator113 ( ~~Trump 2020~~ There needs to be a quieting of the screaming lambs.)
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To: BenLurkin

Monkeys are better at clicking on dumb squares to get banana treats than humans.

Next time you do this dumb experiment give the humans KitKat bars and you’ll see how good they are.

I’m sick of being told that monkeys are really as smart as humans. Haven’t seen any monkey brain surgeons.


29 posted on 10/17/2019 12:42:50 PM PDT by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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To: bgill

I have never, nor do I hope to, had to walk through a jail.
Point taken though.


30 posted on 10/17/2019 12:45:37 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: BenLurkin

The difference might be in motivation. The monkey might have been hungry. Would you rather have your boss pay you or just give you a “whoop” for a job well done.


31 posted on 10/17/2019 1:29:07 PM PDT by jmcenanly ("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
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To: upchuck

https://www.livescience.com/monkeys-outsmart-humans.html


32 posted on 10/17/2019 2:19:32 PM 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

Thanks. The mods fixed it.


33 posted on 10/17/2019 4:18:27 PM PDT by upchuck (Democraps say the President is out of control. They mean the President of out of THEIR control.)
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