SuperNova said:
Crows and other certain types of ravens are known to be extremely intelligent. In fact in clinical studies they were not only shown to be self aware, but also to be capable of basic calculations and reasonably difficult problem solving.
One experiment I remember, had a string threaded through a fence with food at the end of it. The string itself was too far away to reach and pull on, the only thing in reaching distance of the crow was a short stick wich was just about too short to reach the string on it's own. However on the other side of the fence there was a longer stick just out of reach for the crows to pick it up with their beaks.
Not only did all the crows in the expieriment solve this successfully, but they did so on their first try, without resorting to trial and error. Noticing that, while the short stick would be useless to get to the food directly, it would be a good tool to reach the longer stick, to then reach the food with. The crows were seen to look at and take in the whole situation before acting on it.
In fact I remember reading an article that theorized that bird braincells are more powerful than mammal braincells. Not only are their brains very small, but they are also lacking the creases and folds (like a walnut) that are characteristic for mammal brains and serve to give the meninges more surface area and thus more space for braincells.
If bird braincells worked exactly the same as mammal ones, with their small surface area and therefore relative lack of braincells, birds should be relatively stupid, yet they are among the most intelligent animals we know of.
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Could it be the experiment you are referring to is the second one in the video I posted in the first page:
https://youtu.be/2X5BuK84Adk?t=34s
Really amazing stuff.
KLAMarine said:
AbbathTheGrim said:
KLAMarine said:
You're right. Not maybe, different paths can certainly lead to similar results.
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Well, it is possible that only we humans are the only beings in the Universe to achieve this level of intelligence.
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I highly doubt that since the Universe is big. And I mean really, really
BIG HUGE GIGANTIC
AbbathTheGrim said:
On the other hand, I wonder if we will ever get to find a very fucked up looking life-form that is as intelligent as us. If we ever, I doubt it's going to be on our time, unfortuntely... or fortunately.
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I wish we could find life forms from other planets as long as they come in peace of course! Would be interesting.
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Yeah, the universe is huge and considering the relative ease with which scientists have found planets similar to ours orbiting suns in our galaxies, the chances of finding life in other planets seem very high.
There are some people that push for the idea that intelligent life we may find one day must be peaceful and with good intentions but I wouldn't be surprised if they are very much like us, we good people and good assholes.
Chazore said:
I like how this one is trained to feed both a cat and dog.
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Yeah, that video was also at the end of the second I posted in the first page. Maybe in time we can train them to feed our babies or hospital patients and stuff. :P
