Are we REALLY smarter than chimps?

Posted by Michelle on Saturday, January 07, 2012
First off, the fun bit...




Remember that first video. You won't think it is so funny by the the you get to the end of the last one.

But there was a serious side to this as well...




And then, the very, very concerning bit...



...finally, the killer argumentative blow ... for which you'll need a strong stomach.

2 comments:

Lactobacillus Primus said...

We are smarter as a group, perhaps not so much as individuals. The rates at we mature are different AND we are socialized differently. We have to be less self reliant and expect to be tought things from a very young age. Doing things your own way is not neccesarily encouraged. We are tought to reproduce actions and NOT necessarily to think for ourselves in most regular schools and or educational systems.

Our own society limits our growth because of self imposed ways in which we expect the young ones to learn. In regular school systems children expect to be tought a certain way.

There are a lot of animals that, if they want to, can seriously injure or mame us but choose not to. Why?

6:25 PM
Lactobacillus Primus said...

We are smarter as a group, perhaps not so much as individuals. The rates at we mature are different AND we are socialized differently. We have to be less self reliant and expect to be tought things from a very young age. Doing things your own way is not neccesarily encouraged. We are tought to reproduce actions and NOT necessarily to think for ourselves in most regular schools and or educational systems.

Our own society limits our growth because of self imposed ways in which we expect the young ones to learn. In regular school systems children expect to be tought a certain way.

There are a lot of animals that, if they want to, can seriously injure or mame us but choose not to. Why?

6:26 PM

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